15 May
2007
15 May
'07
4:01 p.m.
Can anyone help me with creating a boot floppy for a Color Macintosh?
I have a machine whose hard disk died and I'm trying to replace it
but I don't have a boot floppy containing DiskTools to format the new
(Apple) hard drive. I *do* have an install CD for System 7.5 but it
doesn't seem to want to boot on the Color Classic even if I hold "C"
down when I start up the Mac. I'd be happy to pay for shipping and
something extra for the effort involved in making the DiskTools boot
disk.
By the way, I've already tried downloading the DiskTools 7.5 and 8.5
images that are available on the net. Unfortunately, they won't boot
on the Color Classic. I get a message saying that a system resource
is missing. I'm assuming that they don't have the right enabler for
the Color Classic.
Thanks!
David
15 May
15 May
9:32 p.m.
Can anyone help me with creating a boot floppy for a
Color Macintosh?
I have a machine whose hard disk died and I'm trying to replace it
but I don't have a boot floppy containing DiskTools to format the new
(Apple) hard drive. I *do* have an install CD for System 7.5 but it
doesn't seem to want to boot on the Color Classic even if I hold "C"
down when I start up the Mac.
I think I posted this somewhere else, but does holding down Cmd-Shift-Opt-Del
make any difference? The Color Classic is too old to boot via the C snag
key.
This does not require a CD-ROM driver, merely telling the boot ROM to grab
from another SCSI device. The CD should then be treated
as a great big
read-only hard drive.
If the disc spins, but the Classic either gives you a Sad Mac, goes black
or gives you an error, the 7.5 disc is either for the wrong model or too
old to have the proper Enabler. Some of those 7.5 discs are model-specific.
If the disc doesn't spin, I'd make sure that the SCSI connections are good
because this should work on most models with a SCSI bus (definitely the
Color Classic amongst them).
By the way, I've already tried downloading the
DiskTools 7.5 and 8.5
images that are available on the net. Unfortunately, they won't boot
on the Color Classic. I get a message saying that a system resource
is missing. I'm assuming that they don't have the right enabler for
the Color Classic.
DiskTools 8.5?? There's a DiskTools for 8.0/8.1 but that will not work on
an '030. The 7.5 probably is missing the Enabler, as you say.
I'm not aware of an 8.5 Disk Tools *floppy* image, but even if you found
one, 8.5 and up are PPC only.
A 7.6 should boot right up on it if you can find one (I don't have one
myself, sorry).
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16 May
16 May
1:16 a.m.
I guess the problem ended up being that I didn't really have a Color
Classic. I had forgotten that I had upgraded to a Color Classic II by
replacing the system board with an LC 550 board. When I swapped the
original system board back in, the DiskTools 7.5 floppy booted up
just fine. I was then able to install System 7.5 from CD and then
overlay Update 2.0 (7.5.3) and the 7.5.5 Update downloaded from the
Apple site. I then put the LC 550 board back in and I'm up and
running with 7.5.5. Now I need to find a 32mb SIMM to upgrade the 550
board to its maximum of 36mb and a PDS ethernet card.
Thanks everyone for the assistance!
David
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