Re: FN-FORUM: os9.2 / startup disk needed

date posted 16th October 2006 18:02

thank you very much for the info

are you saying that if i can find an os 10 system disk - that i can use
this to boot up an os9 computer ?, i have told her to upgrade to os10 a
bajillion times, so i dont really want to get to involved with the
whole issue


there are two disks in the machine to my knowledge

i shall mail you my address off list - thanks again


john



On 16 Oct 2006, at 17:38, john m wrote:

>
> What machine is it?
> Have you tried starting from an Os X disk and then fix from there?
> or
> Or does it ahve a spare internal drive that Os X can be installed on?
> or
> I will try to find / make a start up disc (with norton and disk
> warrior) for you and either post (snail mail) or post it (ftp) for ya
> - give me a bunch of hours though. - no fee req'd
>
> I think it is only the G5's that will start up as a firewire external.
>
> john
>
>
>
> On 16 Oct 2006, at 15:22, John Deaville wrote:
>
>> hello
>>
>> one of the machines here will not start up - it is running 0s 9 (.2 i
>> think) the last time it did so, I started up with either the os 9
>> disk or nortons and held the c key down to start it up and take it
>> from there
>>
>> i do not have these disks and do not want to spend time on it as i
>> have some other stuff to do for her
>>
>> so
>>
>> a. can anyone advise an alternative method
>> or
>> b. would anyone send her startup disc/nortons for a fee (or trust me
>> to have a lend of them)
>> or
>> c. would anyone be willing to travel to s.london to look at it
>>
>>
>>
>> i know it is possible to boot up a os 10 machine as a
>> firewire-external drive - can you do same with os 9, as she wants
>> something off the computer urgently
>>
>>
>> thanks
>
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