Mac Classic prob (was Macintoshes...)

From: Phil Beesley <PB14_at_leicester.ac.uk>
Date: Thu Jun 25 11:38:14 1998

Megan Gentry wrote:

> >BTW - another question -- when the Mac Classic boots, it shows the
> >smiley disk and I hear the internal HD working. The screen goes >light
> grey with a pointer on it. This is displayed for a few seconds >and
> then I get the 'Welcome to Macintosh' screen. This remains this >way
> for as much as 10 minutes (I didn't wait longer). Is this >normal?

The Mac Classic contains a complete System 6 installation in ROM that
you can boot from. Sorry but I don't have the docs handy, but I think
if you press Command-Option-Shift-X on startup, it'll boot from the
ROM. Another way that should work is Command-Option-Shift-Backspace --
this key combination should work on any SCSI capable Mac to supress
booting from the default SCSI boot device.

Once you've booted, you'll need to scrounge a copy of Disk First Aid
or a third party utility to check the hard disk. Do you have system
install disks etc for the machine?

Phil





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