I could send you another boot disk to try. I make them free of charge to anyone that needs one.
Another thing that came to mind is that the heads might need cleaned but I think if that were the case, you would get the "This disk is unreadable. . ." error message. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:34 PM, Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > well if the machine booted a couple months ago, then the drive probably > works fine, but you never know. its probably a good idea to clean it anyway > though. > > if you have extra floppy disks around, you could try downloading a boot > disk (Google for an old version, System 6 and newer won't work afaik) and > writing it out to a disk using the Quadra, and seeing if the 128k boots from > that. if it does, then maybe the System 1 disk you got with the 128k somehow > got messed up (its possible). if you only have HD (1.44MB) disks then you > can use something sticky to cover the hole opposite the write protect hole, > that will make the Quadra think it is a DD (400k/800k) disk. (that trick > should work fine temporarily, but don't rely on it for prolonged usage.) > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:03 PM, netBEUI <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My first thought was that the disk didn't >> contain a compatible MacOS system or was unreadable but when I insert >> the disk into my Quadra 6400 it successfully mounts and shows the >> contents as system 1. >> > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
