On Saturday 08 May 2004 18:42, Darren wrote: > > If its old world I can see no other way, deb floppy or a small MacOS > boot partition on some other media. > No, quik is meant to do this - I shouldn't need Bootx
> I'd like to be very wrong on any of the above. The "too many files > open" error rings a bell but its not something I've seen. As macs are > normally shipped with a OS install cd or a rescue cd, 8.5 and above > cd's all contained rom files. Checking your machines base OS if its > 8.5 or above the problem may be the rom file and/or the system > resources file. I dont know what model mac you have so I don't know > how much newer yours is compared to mine. > I bought mine second hand - it has a MacOS on it but I had no licence and no means of resizing partitions even if I had wanted to keep the software. Ironically I now have bought Mac OSX 10.1 but I have no Mac OS installed on the box. > In general I've found the system folder contained on a bootable cd > like the norton utilities disk to be very flexible for custom use on > old and early new world macs (imacs,G4's). -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.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/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
