First off, let me say thank you to the people that have offered me help through this list.
Now, here is a summary of my problem: I have a C500, which I have thrown a 4gb Maxtor drive and 128mb of RAM (144mb total.) I plan to run Yellow Dog Linux on the machine. I have partitioned the drive, and installed Mac OS 9 in the Mac OS partition. However, I have found that once I boot into OS 9, it doesn't recognize the CD-ROM. I was given these solutions from members of this list: 1. Boot with the OS 9 CD in the drive, and then swap to the CD I need. This works. 2. Install a different CD-ROM driver. This has not worked yet, I tried to copy it from my PC (which is the only machine I have w/ e-mail, and the driver was e-mailed to me) and, as you probably all know, the C500 wouldn't recognize it as anything but a PC file. My plan is to use #1 above as I don't plan on using Mac OS much on the machine, and #1 seems to work. However, I ran into a big snag last night. I partitioned the drive incorrectly, so I was going to reboot off of the OS 9 CD, and re-initialize the drive using the correct partitions. The darned machine will *NOT* boot from the CD! I have used the Startup Disk control panel to change the startup disk to the CD. It booted from the hard disk. I have held down the "C" key from the moment I hit the power button. It still booted from the hard disk, and I felt silly sitting there staring at the desktop holding down the "C" key. So what's going on? What can I do to get this thing to boot from the CD again? Thanks again, Tim. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
