Nancy, the CD is damaged, it has many scratches and a half-inch crack on it. As for the hdd, it is formatted it, I used the 8.1 disk tools and ran drive setup on it. I would love to get OS 8.5 or 9, but I don't currently have the money for it, nor do I have a credit card to register on e-bay. I also do not have an old mac to get another drive from, although I wish I did. I'm not sure if I want to try to re-format the hdd anyways as it took over 4 hours to get the System software to install off of the Performa CD due to the CD being so damaged and reading very slowly.
Thanks for the suggestions though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Haitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SuperMacs List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [SM] c500 won't allow me to install sys 7.5.3 > >> Hotmail wrote: > >> The OS installed just fine, it's just that the CD was so damaged > >> it couldn't install all of the required files. And as for using a > >> generic version of 7.5.3, i tried that and it said that it doesn't > >> recognize that macintosh, i have a screenshot posted on my message > >> board: > >> > > > > Steve Hardy wrote: > > I think many swap out the original CD drive for an Apple one to > > avoid driver issues. You really do need 3rd party software for the > > drive to function fully otherwise. I think the reason that it sorta > > works if there's a disk in the drive at boot is that there may be > > some limited driver somewhere (possibly in the device) that loads > > under those conditions, kinda like > > being able to run a Zip drive without loading a driver at boot with > > a disk inserted, or running a monitor on a PC at 640x480 with > > limited colors without the proper > > software. > > > > It won't do audio CDs for the same reason. > > > > There used to be a hack of one of Apple's drivers available. If you > > can get a hold of a copy of that, you might be in business as well. > > Does anyone remember this file and still have a copy? > > > > I never tried the Apple Driver Hack. As Steve mentioned, we > replaced the original CD-ROM with an Apple ROMed drive. You should > be able to find one for almost nothing. Pretty much any SCSI CD-ROM > out of any older Mac will do. In the meantime, there is a copy of > FWB CD-ROM Toolkit 2.3.2 on the SuperMac Insider site. It is listed > as a Full Installer (Not compatible w/HFS+ or Mac OS >8.1) The > "insider" is located here <http://home.earthlink.net/ > ~supermac_insider/support/index.html> You probably need some of the > other software that is listed (depends on the hardware you have). > > I don't think your Performa install CD is damaged, I agree with > Steve, in that it is looking for a Performa and not finding one. > Especially since you are using a software restore CD, rather than a > software install CD. Apple system restore CDs are machine specific. > > The generic OS 7.5.3 is probably not working because the hard disk > needs to be formatted. Our c600 came with FWB's Hard Disk Tool Kit. > I don't remember at what point you could use Apple's Drive Setup to > erase, format, and install drivers. You are going to need a third- > party disk formatting utility to format the hard disk before the > generic installer will work. > > A few messages back Paul recommended you find a copy of OS 9 and > install that. Quite frankly, I agree with him. Even OS 8.5, with > the free upgrade to 8.6 would be nicer than 7.5.3. I just did a > quick check of ebay, and there are a number of retail copies of 8.5 > listed. You can pick up a copy for under $20. > > Nancy > > > > -- > 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
