On 4-Mar-04, at 1:51 PM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote:
I am puzzled by this: if I started with a 6.0.7, startup disk, where did the information about PowerPC came from, since there was no PowerPC then? Where are these messages stored?
Good question. Not sure I can help with that.
FYI, my practice has been to install OS 7.5.5 on just about all the Macs which I refurbish for donation, because (I hope I am correct on this!) that was the last or most recent operating system which was freely distributable, i.e. legal to copy onto any number of Macs.
At one point, Apple made both a CD and a "pile of diskettes" version of this package available for purchase from them. The diskette package has a Disk Tools disk and that's the way I would get an older Mac with an empty hard drive to boot up. So you might hunt around for an OS 7.5.3 or 7.5.5 Disk Tools disk to try booting from, just in case that OS reacts any differently to a 2 Gig hard drive than does the 6.0.7 OS you are currently using.
If you would like me to make you a 7.5.5 Disk Tools diskette and mail it to you, send me your mailing address by private email.
Jim Foster Courtice, Ontario, Canada
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