On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:55:46PM +0000, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > The problem I have here is that OSX doesn't seem to support my floppy > > > drive. It sure doesn't see disks when I insert them. > > > > Not good. They don't appear on the desktop? > > Nope. Not at all. :( > > > The only other idea I have is the Disk Tools disk I mentioned on the > > previous post. But that will require Disk Copy as well. Maybe if you > > start Disk Copy (which will definitely be on your MacOS CD if not > > installed already), it will be able to talk to the floppy regardless. > > I tried that. Under one of the options on the menubar there was a burn > image option, but it appears to look for cdrw drives. It just said no > drives found that supported the burn operation. > > I guess I'll have to rejig the partitions and install MacOS 9 on a > separate partition. This is all getting a bit tight as all bootable > partitions have to be within the first 8 gig on this old beast :( > > This has certainly turned into more of a learning curve than I hoped > it would :(
I'll say. You don't have an external scsi drive do you? That works great on my oldworld, in fact I have Linux on the external scsi and regular MacOS (8.6) on the internal. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
