Strangely enough the classic I purchased also for $15 from a "Tip Shop" also displayed the flashing question mark. Not having a genuine MAC boot disk I put a Win98 boot disk in. The disk ejected as you would imagine and it proceeded to boot from the hard drive. I replaced the battery and it has not faulted since.
Phil Mars -------Original Message------- From: Compact Macs Date: 23 June 2003 14:27:58 To: Compact Macs Subject: Re: boot disc woes do you think I could make a repair/diagnostic disk with a PC or the little Mac LC I have across the room? can i download an floppy image? what OS is the best to run etc? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antonio Rodr�guez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:12 PM Subject: Re: boot disc woes > Hi! > > I think that the Command-Option-X-O thing does apply only to the original > Classic. Anyway, what I do to use that combination is to press it just after the > power-on chime, and maintain it pressed until I see the "Wellcome to Macintosh" > screen. If you follow this and still get a flashing question mark, it may be > because the Classic II doesn't have an internal ROM disk (not sure of it at the > moment). > > If you are getting a flashing question mark, it means that the computer can't > find a disk to boot from. If this happens in a model that is supposed to have an > internal hard drive in all configurations (like the Classic II), something is > obviously going bad. Try to create a boot disk with Apple HD SC Setup and First > Aid in it, and try to determine if the disk has any problems. If the HD shows in > the desktop just after booting with the diskette, you may need to transfer a > System into it. If not, try to use First Aid and Apple HD SC Setup (in this > order) to locate errors in the drive. If even Apple HD SC Setup doesn't show the > drive, it may be dead, or perhaps the previous owner has taken out the hard > drive... Of course, it can be also that the SCSI controller is broken. > > Greetings, > > Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) > <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> > > iamcarmoda ha escrito: > > > I mentioned to a mate a while ago I was looking for a Mac Classic for a bit > > of fun. > > He turned up yesterday with a Classic II with original squarish mouse and > > keyboard, [$15] > > it turns on, however it only goes as far as a floppy icon with a question > > mark. from some limited research I assume this is a boot floppy disk it is > > looking for? I have tried the 'ctrl-opt-x-o' trick with no success. is there > > some secret to it? - or perhaps is something very unwell with this little > > fellow? > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- . -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
