on 9/6/02 3:44 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No. Macs always try to eject discs (well, floppies at least) at shut > down. So if you restart, you shut down first and the disk ejects. > One way to be certain is to shut down your Mac, stick the disk in the > floppy drive, and start the Mac back up. If it spits out the floppy, > stick it back in immediately and see what happens (no, it won't > damage anything)... If it gets spit out again, then either you don't > have a valid system folder on the floppy, the disk is corrupted, your > floppy drive is malfunctioning, or ... a number of things. > If it's got a system folder on it, just stick it back in the drive as > soon as you hear the startup chime, and the Mac should boot from it, > no problem. > Peace, > Drew
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