On Tuesday, December 27, 2005, at 04:28 PM, chris wrote:
Do I turn/power the iMac on, insert the OS 9 disk and then hold the
'control' and 'c' keys to boot from the CD so that I can wipe the
drive
and then install OS 9?
Don't hold the control, just hold the 'c' key.
Other than that, you are on the right track.
If you are going to reformat it, you might want to use one of the more
complete reformat options, like zero all data. That will force Disk
Util
to attempt to write a zero to every sector on the drive when it
formats.
That will cause it to turn up any bad sectors in the drive.
If it formats fine when doing that, then the drive may still be fine,
and
it could have just been corrupt system files that kept it from booting.
Would I see the Disk Util option for zeroing the drive once I hold 'C'
down? Does this boot to a menu with the various options? I would want
to zero the data and then try to install the OS anew. Do I need to use
OS 9 rather than OS X to zero out the data? I guess I need to steer
clear of OS X anyway because of firmware concerns.
Thanks again,
Donald
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