Does System7 even have an option to format? It should be "Format for Macintosh".
Todd Brayer [email protected] On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 6:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > How should I go about formating the internal hard drive? I have an external > with a bootable copy of 7.0.0. It recognizes the 84s internal hd but I'm not > sure how to format the disc. > > Sorry for all the noob questions. > -RA > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:04:48 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IIsi > > --- On Fri, 12/10/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So after putting 7.5.3 on floppies > > and inserting disc one I should have the computer load some > > sort of gui instead of the grey screen I'm getting now? > > No. They don't work that way. It would be much easier if Apple provided > 7.5.3 on uncompressed, individual floppy images, but they don't. > > You have to have some other method of booting the Mac, formatting the hard > drive then copying all 19 parts of the 7.5.3 image to one folder on the hard > drive and decoding them from MacBinary. It's a classic chicken and egg > problem. > > Read 1.1.6 - How can I get an OS on a Mac using only my PC? > http://macfaq.org/software/macos.shtml > > A very very useful accessory for old Macs is an external SCSI Zip 100 > drive. Once you have that with a disk in it and the 19 part 7.5.3 self > mounting image mounted on your Mac's Desktop, you can copy everything from > the SMI to a Zip disk. You can also install the System to the same Zip disk > and use it to boot old Macs and install from it to internal hard drive. > > Once you have one old Mac up and running it's much easier to get the second > (and more!) running. If you get an even older Mac that only has a 400K or > 800K floppy drive you either need another running Mac or someone has to > "seed" your startup by mailing you a bootable 400K or 800K floppy. > > > > > -- > ----- > 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]<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/
