Alan Dow wrote: > Most probably the parameter RAM battery is flat. > Buy a new PRAM battery and install it. > > Repeated restarting in the way you describe is a recipe for hard disk > corruption. > > Hold down cmd-opt-x-o at startup. > This should bypass the hard disk and boot the computer from its ROM > chip, and you may be able to see the hard drive mount on the desktop.
I'm pretty sure the Classic II didn't have the ROM boot like the Classic did. He'll need a boot floppy to get it going if the HD is dead/unbootable. Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
