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Hardware / Color Classic startup problem
January 30, 2009, 21:49 |
Previously I posted about my need for a bootable floppy for a Color Classic that will not boot from the HD. I was able to get a disk made (finally!) and the computer boots just fine with it. The problem is that neither Drive Setup or Disk First Aid can see the SCSI HD. On startup, the computer bongs, the display comes on, and I can hear the HD spin up...after a few moments, the screen turns white (like it does right before the happy macappears) and the HD stops spinning. Then the flashing question mark appears. I can boot from the floppy just fine (get the happy mac), but that's all. Any suggestions? The HD sounds fine during the short time it is spinning...no clicking or grinding. |
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Operating System / System Enabler File Location, System 7.1
January 29, 2009, 21:30 |
I am trying to make a System 7.1 bootable floppy from the Disk Tools disk image for a Color Classic. I know that I need the System Enabler 401, but in what folder in the system folder does it go? I tried the System Extensions folder, but I get a message at startup that the computer can't boot from this disk. Any suggestions? |
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Hardware / I'll give it a try!
January 28, 2009, 14:36 |
Bill, thanks for the advice. I'll leave it running this morning and see what happens at lunch. I can hear the HD spin up when I turn the computer on, but then it stops and I get the flashing question mark. I did remember my old 512 and thought about that very solution of having multiple floppies that would have the system on one and disk tools on another. I have tried ejecting the Network Access boot floppy so I can insert a disk with disk tools on it, but immediately get a "please insert disk Network Tools" message. It spits out any disk that isn't that one. Maybe system 7.5.5 is too big to fit into RAM and it needs the disk? I'll keep playing with it. But thanks again for your advice! Dave |
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Hardware / Bootable floppy for Color Classic
January 28, 2009, 02:31 |
Help! I salvaged a Color Classic with System 7.1 on it. It's in great shape with Oregon Trail, After Dark, Spectre, ClarisWorks and loads of classic software. It was working great a couple of months ago, but now the HD won't mount at stratup (I get the floppy with blinking question mark). I have the Network Access Disk image which I made into a bootable floppy on my PC at work and that boots the computer just fine. However, the HD does not show up on the desktop. I think I need drive setup and disk first aid (which are not on the floppy I made). The image on this site won't boot the Color Classic. What should I do to get it running again without wiping the HD and starting over? I don't have access to an old Mac with a floppy drive... Thanks! |
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