> On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 10:37 PM, Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > I know that bootloaders often don't contain code to retry if there are > > problems. It could be just that. > > I don't quite follow...
> > brand > > CDRs for old machines (which means Philips, if you live in Eindhoven, > > NL > > like me). It really pays off. > > It's a bone-fide Apple 7.6 Install *CD*, not a copy. What I meant to say is that any obstruction (Small scratches, corrosion, type of medium etc, I just named one, the medium type) can lead to problems where the behaviour(reliability) when booting the OS from it is different from when reading the medium when the system is up. The real cause for the difference is more agressive timing and less retries in the bootloader code. I don't know if that is the case with MacOS too (since the number of mac models is fairly limited, and there are more elaborate ROM routines than the avg PC) However for my powermac's I always have to try the (floppy) bootdisc several times, while it can be read without a problem on an any normal machine (mac or not) under unix when it is fully up. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
