Sounds like the wrong version of 7.6.1 has been installed. If the HD was moved from another Mac that maybe the problem.
Pop the lid on the LCIII. Check the markings on the HD - is it an Apple drive? If it's not, or if it is, and has been reformated with a third party driver, then you can't use the Apple HD setup. I've used Lido7 (downloaded from the web somewhere) or one of the FWB products.
Did you actually try the Apple HD setup utility? You can see if it will recognize the drive, without actually reformating it.
John
On Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at 10:03 AM, Vanessa Stern wrote:
I have an LCIII that won't boot up. I don't get the flashing question
mark, I get a message that says "The startup disk will not work on this
Macintosh model. Use the latest installer to update this disk for this
model." I can get it to book up using the system tools disk, but cannot
access the hard drive to run disk first aid. I can access the external HD.
I have the original System 7.1 disks that came with the machine, but the
machine was upgraded to System 7.6.1 by my former employer and I do not
have copies of those disks. I do not have any disk repair utilities, but
have a neighbor who may have something - haven't asked him yet. I don't
think there's anything on the HD that I need to get at, so if I have to
reformat, I don't think that will be a problem.
I posted this problem on Usenet and received a response that said it sounds
like the driver file has been trashed. That person suggested using disk
first aid, but as stated above, it does not recognize the hard drive to do
this.
Suggestions on what to do?
Thanks,
Vanessa
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