Dave, If I come across something I'll drop it here. I know that when building a CD for PC's they use the El Torino (??) standard to place special boot code somewhere understood by the drive, i.e. the boot code is separate from the files on the CD.
Hopefully someone will be along in a moment with the answer for Macs. Chris On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 02:47, dquebbeman wrote: > Chris, > > That's what I was wondering... I thought if the System Folder icon has a, > what is it, like a little suitcase or something? on it you were good to go. > But it seems like something is missing. > > Dave Q. > > > Chris Miles writes: > > > On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 20:42, dquebbeman wrote: > >> I have a 7.5.5 Mac II writing to a CDR but can't seem to create a bootable > >> CD. I've tried the Shift Opt Cmd Del command during boot up and the Mac > >> "looks" at the CDR but gives up and boots from the internal drive. > > > Is there some boot code needed as well as the CD image? > > -- 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
