Another idea: Your CD-ROM drive is NOT Apple OEM and perhaps cannot booth the CD unless the driver for the drive is on the CD itself. You might need an original SuperMac/UMAX OS CD.
If nothing else works, you might just have to remove the hard disk and put into another Power Mac (if you have one), and install the software on that computer, then put the hard disk back into the J700. Best o' Luck, Richard Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [SM] J-700 Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:30:39 -0500 SuperMac-kers, I'm new to the list, so I thought I'd run this past the collective genius. I recently purchased a SuperMac J-700 on ebay ($10 + $35 shipping!). It arrived Monday sans keyboard (that's okay, I have an upgraded C-500 and an old Mac Classic which I can raid), but more importantly, it came with apparently a wiped hard drive. When I boot the computer, I get either the floppy disk icon and a question mark or if I try to boot the computer with a OS install disk while holding down the "C" button, I get a blank screen & frozen mouse. It's as if the computer doesn't know the hard drive is there. When the computer boots, you can hear the hard drive spin for a few seconds and then nothing. Of course, it has been wiped clean, then maybe there's no reason to keep spinning. The individual that sold me the computer stated that "thecomputer need to have an operating system installed," so I'm assuming that the hard drive is bare. I have an external firewire HD enclosure, but since the hard drive is a SCSI, I have no means of checking the HD to see if it's okay. Any idea why I can't get the computer to boot from a CD? Could I check the hard drive via the SCSI port on the back of the C-500? Any help you may offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
