On 28 March 2002 in response to my question:
...will this [Quadra 800] boot from a CD? I have made a CD copy of
the system folder (7.5.1), but it won't boot the machine even when
it's set as the startup disk (SCSI ID is 3). I can't seem to bless
the system folder, either on the Quadra or by copying it to an
iMac, so I guess this could be the reason it won't start from the
CD. Any ideas?
the pickle wrote:
What are you using to make the CD? Older versions of Toast (prior to
4) had some quirks that made the creation of bootable CDs a rather
black art.
Problem more or less solved. I'm using Toast 5 Titanium, so that
wasn't the issue. The difficulty I had was in creating a blessed
System folder with a Mac face on it. The iMac seemed reluctant to do
this (I guessed because 7.5.1 68k won't run on the iMac, though I'm
sure someone will correct me), and I had trouble doing it on the
Quadra because I don't have a removable drive attached. Anyway I got
there in the end -- not sure how. Once I had a face on the System
folder, Toast created a bootable CD without problems.
My version is very flaky, perhaps because I have the wrong CD driver
extensions. When I boot from the CD, opening or closing windows by
double-clicking the CD icon itself appear to put away the CD, and
the system crashes. However, in the Apple menu I placed aliases to
folders and applications such as Norton, and these open and close OK.
Strange stuff, but probably easily solved with an overhaul of my
ancient and borrowed copy of 7.5.1. My question was really whether
the Quadra was capable of booting from a CD, and evidently it is. End
of problem, but thanks for your attention.
Out of interest, what's the best OS to run on this machine? It
originally came with 7.1, and I found 7.5.1 worth the upgrade -- very
stable. I guess Systems 7.6 and 8 brought further improvements, but I
never got around to trying them.
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Charles Butcher
Coventry, UK
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