Thanks for the handy keyboard boot key combos! Never knew there were so many! Glad you're all set to have good Marcus!
On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 12:59 PM 'Keith Jamison' via Vintage Macs < [email protected]> wrote: > "Why? Because I think it's fun! Whee!" > > That's the spirit, Marcus! > > Your LC II should boot from the external SCSI CD drive. Make sure that the > SCSI ID is set to anything other than 0 or 7. Typically 3 is a good choice. > > Apple Boot Key Combos: > > > ** Bypass startup drive and boot from external (or CD).... > CMD-OPT-SHIFT-DELETE ** > > or > > ** Boot from CD (Most late model Apples) ................. C ** > > or > > ** Boot from a specific SCSI ID #.(#=SCSI ID number)...... > CMD-OPT-SHIFT-DELETE-# ** > > > Zap PRAM .............................................. CMD-OPT-P-R > > > Disable Extensions .................................... SHIFT > > > Rebuild Desktop ....................................... CMD-OPT > > > Close finder windows.(hold just before finder starts).. OPT > > > Boot with Virtual Memory off........................... CMD > > > Trigger extension manager at boot-up................... SPACE > > > Force Quadra av machines to use TV as a monitor........ CMD-OPT-T-V > > > Boot from ROM (Mac Classic only)....................... CMD-OPT-X-O > > > Force PowerBooks to reset the screen................... R > > > Force an AV monitor to be recognized as one............ CMD-OPT-A-V > > > Eject Boot Floppy...................................... Hold Down Mouse > Button > > (copied from Trying to get an old LCII to boot up. - Apple Community > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6259522>) > > Trying to get an old LCII to boot up. - Apple Community > > <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6259522> > > Hope this helps, > > Keith > > On Monday, 31 December 2018, 06:48:25 GMT, Marcus Smith < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > So.. Mine has 10 MB of RAM, 40 MB HDD. Last night, I made floppies of the > 7.5.3 update (14 of them) using my beige G3. I installed them on the LCII. > I had to delete some stuff because the installer wanted 15MB of free space > to proceed. The installation went fine, but I have the same issue - no > extension manager, appearance, control strip, etc.. Either something is > messed up from the original installation that has carried through, or.. > something.. Anyway... > > The sad news is that all of those floppy ejections killed my floppy > drive's ability to eject (now just makes a weird noise). I have another > floppy drive on the way as well as a 160MB HDD. I'll just re-do the entire > thing from scratch. > > I also have a SCSI CD ROM for the LC II - still waiting for a SCSI cable > for that. I also have a burner for my G3 coming so I can make CDs for the > LC II. Can the LC II boot from an external CD ROM? > > Anyway.. I'm starting to spend waaay to much money on these old computers. > Why? Because I think it's fun! Whee! > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 7:12 PM Paul Mccorkle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You could boot from an external scsi2sd, that would work. > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 3:58 PM 'Keith Jamison' via Vintage Macs < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I'm with Paul. I've only ever seen 7.5.3 as a large archive of multiple > images. Each image can be transferred on a single floppy but you need to > have them all to extract the installation information. That should extract > to a single file of about 20MB. A 40MB HDD is probably too small especially > if you have an OS on the disk as well as applications etc. > > According to MacTracker, 7.5 requires a minimum of 4MB RAM and 21MB of > hard drive space. Your LC II has a minimum of 2MB RAM and can have a > maximum of 10MB RAM. > > I think your 40MB drive isn't big enough for the installation. > > Even if you have 22MB of free space, the Mac has to move things into > position before the new OS can go live. It also requires somewhere to store > that 21MB installation file while it transfers files and components for the > OS update. > > Maybe consider this. > > Clone your 40MB drive to a ZIP disk if possible. Copy the full 7.5 > installation to the Zip disk. Boot the LC II using the ZIP as the start up > disk. Install the 7.5 on the Zip disk and this should preserve your > applications and files through the upgrade. > > When you are happy, Clone your ZIP back to the 40MB drive and it should be > the full 7.5. > > Just a thought. > > Hope you get it sorted, > > Keith > > On Sunday, 30 December 2018, 12:20:07 GMT, Paul Mccorkle < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > try reinstall? Never heard of this before. > > http://igsi.tripod.com/mac/index753.htm > > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 1:14 AM Marcus Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I got a Macintosh LC II that came with System 7.0.1. I Found a copy of > System 7.5 online that came in the form of 7 floppy images that I had to > jump through some hoops to make into actual floppies. I installed 7.5, and > everything works fine. However, to my mind it is missing a number of > things, such as extension manager (and some other minor things I can't > recall right now). Is it possible the installer didn't install everything > based on my hard disk size or something (40 MB)? 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