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stonent
Junior Member
USA
155 Posts |
 Posted - 02 Dec 2002 : 21:08:44
I loaded 8.1 on one of my macs but before doing that, I booted from the disk tools disk, formatted the drive and "just because" copied the system folder from the floppy to the drive so it was bootable. Then I rebooted and got an error that the system folder was designed for a floppy only. I click ok and it lets me in. I load 8.1 from the CD reboot and still the same error. Something went awry during this. I checked the system folder and didn't find any odd extensions or control panels. Is there a way of fixing this, short of wiping the disk? It is annoying because it sits there for a long period of time apparently doing nothing before the error. Then I have to click OK and it will continue booting. IIRC, holding down shift didn't help.6360av 32/6.4/8.1 ;)
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2002 : 16:42:58
ok... is this a mac that can boot from the CD drive??? if so... do that and format the disk with the tools on the CDotherwise... when you install MacOS8.1... be sure to do a *CLEAN INSTALL*
you may achieve this by pressing "options" buttons everywhere you go and seeing where it allows you to put that option in hope this helps Official 68k videographer |
catsdorule
Senior Member
Canada
1627 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2002 : 17:22:46
That should work, you do have the cd right?-danny
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2002 : 17:37:48
There is a floppy disk tools enabler (or something similar) in the System Folder that needs to be removed. Same thing happened with my 6100.Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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foetoid
Full Member
USA
554 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2002 : 19:12:21
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There is a floppy disk tools enabler (or something similar) in the System Folder that needs to be removed. Same thing happened with my 6100.Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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