Now that my Classic II has been resurrected from the dead, I have been playing again.
I have managed to acquire a complete set of working original Apple setup disks for a Classic II. They're not the ones for /my/ C2 but they're appropriate. I've installed System 7.1 from them onto a Zip 100 disk in the C2's external SCSI Zip drive, but I can't get the machine to boot from it. It will boot happily from its internal 200MB drive (System 6.0.8L) or from its 265MB external drive (MacOS 7.6.1) but not even try from the Zip. I've tried setting it in Control Panel | Startup Disk in both Systems and I've tried Cmd-Opt-Shift-6 (the Zip is on SCSI ID 6). Is there anything else I can try? I've read of people running a Plus solely from Zip, partly for its silence. The only thing I can think of is that I've only got PC FAT-format Zip disks. I couldn't find any way under Sys6 or 7.6 to reformat a FAT Zip as a MacOS one, so I did it on my Beige G3 under OS 10.4, being careful to use MacOS Standard format (HFS) instead of MacOS Extended (HFS+) - as the latter is MacOS 8.1+ only and can only be booted on PowerMacs. Is there anything else I've missed? -- Liam Proven · http://livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=lproven AOL/AIM/iChat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · MSN/Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] · Skype: liamproven · ICQ: 73187508 Gmail/Google Talk/Orkut: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
