mloret
Well-known member
Hey guys,
A couple of weeks ago I posted a question about making a bootable floppy for my newly acquired Mac 512k. I managed to get disk copy on my Mac SE to create a serviceable copy of an OS 3.2 disk image on my floppy emu. Worked like a charm, no problem. Today I tried to boot and it didn't work. The issues vary but they are characterized by the happy Mac, but then it goes into a grinding noise when it says "Welcome To Macintosh" and I get a variety of errors and bombs. I just tried and it just kept trying to load but wouldn't get past the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen. I could hear that the drive was struggling mightily.
I tried another disk that I created and it didn't fare any better. The machine runs fine from the emu, so I'm thinking this is either a problem with the way I created the floppies OR the drive needs help. Which seems like a better starting point?
A couple of weeks ago I posted a question about making a bootable floppy for my newly acquired Mac 512k. I managed to get disk copy on my Mac SE to create a serviceable copy of an OS 3.2 disk image on my floppy emu. Worked like a charm, no problem. Today I tried to boot and it didn't work. The issues vary but they are characterized by the happy Mac, but then it goes into a grinding noise when it says "Welcome To Macintosh" and I get a variety of errors and bombs. I just tried and it just kept trying to load but wouldn't get past the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen. I could hear that the drive was struggling mightily.
I tried another disk that I created and it didn't fare any better. The machine runs fine from the emu, so I'm thinking this is either a problem with the way I created the floppies OR the drive needs help. Which seems like a better starting point?