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Article #12343Re: MacPlus question
From: pedro
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:06
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:06
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John Rethorst wrote: >In article <FTkle.2034$BR4.401@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, > pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote: > > > >> The hard drive is in a box >>and connected to the SCSI port. The Mac used to boot from it, but just >>stopped for some reason. But sometimes I could get it to boot by >>switching it on and off a few times. I don't know what system was (still >>is) on it, but if I use a System 3.2 floppy disk, which is the only >>other one I have, the Mac will boot happily, and the hard disk icon >>comes onto the desktop, and I can read all the files. I re-named the >>system folder on the hard drive, and then dragged the system folder off >>the 6.0.8 'Utilities' floppy onto the hard drive, but the Mac still wont >>boot from the hard drive, >> >> > >To boot a Plus from a hard drive, turn the HD on first. After 10 seconds, turn >the Mac on. > > Tried that. >Have you booted from the floppy and formatted the HD? The HD could be corrupt, >since you can neither boot from it nor run programs from it. > > I can't format the hd, since it has all the programs on it. I used to be able to run the progs on it when it booted. -- rgds, Pete ----- http://pedro.spyw.com The time here is- http://tinyurl.com/6sfgd 'Error detected: Operator failure'
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