Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Deiniol ap Deiniol]

Possibly the CD drive is not working: I have several eMacs, and the combo
drive in my 1.42 sometimes works and sometimes doesn't and just spits out
discs when it feels like it!. FWIW my Intel 1st generation MacPro tower
seems to have a similarly flaky DVD drive. If you have other Macs, try
installing from them with your eMac in target mode, using a firewire cable.
I'm replying direct rather than through the forum as this never seems to
work these days.
Good luck, Dan.

On 29 June 2015 at 20:00, Jack  wrote:

> I acquired an eMac that had its hard drive erased while in Target Mode. I
> have 10.3 on CDs, but it won't recognize them, displays the missing system
> folder icon. I reset the PRAM, it has a new battery, I've tried Option C...
> any suggestions...?
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Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Alex Santos]

I once had an eMac, it was purchased new and was stock that was meant for 
the educational market, it did indeed ship with a CD, not a DVD drive. So 
indeed you should check. If you flip the optical door toward you carefully, 
you will find some text, this text, if I remember correctly, does display 
whether the machine has a DVD or CD installed.

If you do burn a CD try burning at the slowest rate to ensure a good burn.

Alex

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Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Charles Lenington]

On 6/29/15 2:55 PM, Jack Suggs wrote:

Excuse me, I meant that I'd tried holding down the C key.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Dan C > wrote:



On Jun 29, 2015, at 03:00 PM, Jack mailto:jhs...@gmail.com>> wrote:
10.3 on CDs, but it won't recognize them, displays the missing
system folder icon. I reset the PRAM, it has a new battery, I've
tried Option C... any suggestions...?


To boot from a CD/DVD, hold down the c key.  Not option-C

-

Are you sure you have cd's? If they are dvds they may not work (I think 
some of the emacs shipped w/ cd drives vice dvd drives.) To check drive 
installled open drive door and read specs.


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Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Jack Suggs]

Excuse me, I meant that I'd tried holding down the C key.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Dan C  wrote:

> On Jun 29, 2015, at 03:00 PM, Jack  wrote:
> 10.3 on CDs, but it won't recognize them, displays the missing system
> folder icon. I reset the PRAM, it has a new battery, I've tried Option C...
> any suggestions...?
>
>
> To boot from a CD/DVD, hold down the c key.  Not option-C
>
> - Dan.
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Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Dan C]

> On Jun 29, 2015, at 03:00 PM, Jack  wrote:
> 10.3 on CDs, but it won't recognize them, displays the missing system folder 
> icon. I reset the PRAM, it has a new battery, I've tried Option C... any 
> suggestions...?

To boot from a CD/DVD, hold down the c key.  Not option-C

- Dan.

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Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Christopher Satterfield]

You should be able to force it with OpenFirmware, I've done it off a USB
drive for my TiBook.

Try following the instructions here:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20101011105729488

Rather than using usb use whichever the CD drive is, but instructions
should be pretty much the same.

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Re: eMac with blank HD won't boot from CD

[Thomas Fritsch]

i think by now it's an outdated method but i had and still do to boot a
linux CD on my G3, you need to boot into OpenFirmware, this is the command
you should us eto try and Force the system to boot the Disc.) i belive this
is thr right one. (its been 3 years since i last used mmy Orange DVi+ G3.)

boot cd:,\\:tbxi


On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Jack  wrote:

> I acquired an eMac that had its hard drive erased while in Target Mode. I
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> folder icon. I reset the PRAM, it has a new battery, I've tried Option C...
> any suggestions...?
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