I figured it out! It turns out that the System and Finder files were still working, but the disk I had created for vMac didn't have "boot blocks", aka the part of the disk that tells the computer that there is a bootable system aboard. One of my disks has Disk Utility on it, which has an option to write boot blocks to a disk. After doing this to each of my "broken" disks, they all start up perfectly.
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 3:06:13 PM UTC-4, Marcio Teixeira wrote: > > > Clarification: To "bless" the System Folder in your broken disk images, > you would need to boot vMac using a working boot disk (such as from the > vMac downloads page), and then while the system is booted, load up the > broken disk image, drag the System out of the System Folder and then back > again (if that does not work, try dragging the Finder in and out instead, > it is one or the other that does the trick). Once you do this, your broken > disk image should now boot (hopefully). > -- -- ----- 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
