try http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75103
Bill Taylor's wrote: > > Hi Ken, > > In addition to Terry's comments, another explanation for why your CD > drive isn't reading the OS disc my be due to the the fact that you're > running a copy of the OS 9.1 disc. Does it actually appear to have > been 'pressed' and labeled such that it's a legitimate Apple disc? > > My reasoning is that if it's a duplicated disc, then one reason it's > possibly not running is that when the disc was 'burned' it became > subjected to Apple's copy protection scheme that allows you to copy > an OS installation disc; but it in and of itself isn't able to act as > a startup disc because the actual system files aren't there. This > can happen if the built-in disc burning software of the OS 9 is used. > > One way of trying to confirm this is to see if your E-bay copy of the > OS disc is readable on another Mac's CD drive. If that Mac can mount > the disc, then perhaps the CD drive on your Starmax is faulty. > Another option is that regardless of whether or not you have a > legitimate copy of the OS 9.1 install disc, the disk is possibly > damaged. > > Now, and have written all this, it's just occurred to me that, > according to memory, you can download a free copy of the Mac OS from > Apple's web site. It's been some time since I was at those pages on > Apple's site, but I believe you can even download a copy of OS 9.1. > > I've just taken a quick look around, and although I've not found the > page I thought was there, I did find the following that has older > version of the Mac for free to download. The page I found this on is > at: > > http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html > > Hope this helps, to whatever limited extent it may be. > > Cheers, > > Bill > > At 1:19 AM +0000 24/11/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I have a Starmax (I think 3000) that I bought 2nd hand on Ebay, > >complete with a Sonnet G3 card. It runs great, and I have OS 8.1 > >installed. My problem is that it will not seem to read the 9.1 disk > >that I have. It is supposed to be for all iMacs and Power PC's so it > >should work, but all it does is spin in the drive without doing > >anything. > > > >Am I missing something here (like a patch or a pre-loader program) > >or is the disk I have just not compatible with the Starmax? > > > >BTW, for anyone that knows the models, mine is a desktop model, and > >I have 144 megs of RAM in it, a 1 gig drive, and the stock IDE CD > >ROM drive. If you know the model number, that would be nice for > >future reference. > > > >I know that 9.1 will run on this machine, because I copied the > >system folder (from my Tech Tools disk) to a blank 1 gig drive and > >it booted up fine. I just can't get anything else onto the drive. > >(No CD control by just dragging the system folder onto the blank > >drive). I also cannot access the internet, because I can't seem to > >load any drivers without the rest of the operating system files. > > > >Is it mandatory to have an "off the shelf" version of OS 9.1 to run > >or load onto this machine? > > > >Thanks to all in advance. > > > >Ken Martin > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. > >Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! > >Look for special offers at Best Buy stores. > > > >-- > >StarMax 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> > > > >StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > > --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > >Using a Mac? 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