>Greetings, > I just acquired a 476 with no hd or floppy at a >reasonable price (free). I have an extra hd that >works (I checked it in a different computer). When I >put a hd in the 476, all I get at startup is the >blinking ? . Do I need to put in a floppy to get it >to work or is there a different problem? > >Thanks, >Lee -------- Unless the Mac sees a valid system folder when it is trying to start up, you will get the blinking question mark. You can either use a valid startup floppy (assuming yoy had a drive!) or start from a hard disk with a valid system installed. Don't know how you are going to get started unless you can put the hard drive in another machine to install a system folder. Even that has problems depending on the machine used to install the system.
Ken ------------------------------ Lee, This taxes my archived knowledge of the 68040-based machines: If you can get an OS 8 or 8.1 CD, and a CD drive, you can start it off of the CD, and do an install to the HD from there. The 476, IIRC, has a scsi port, and would thus need a scsi CD drive. Jerry -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
