TrollFromBelarus Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) Hi. I have a PowerBook Duo 230 with problem. When I tired to turn it on, I see on screen a floppy disk icon with symbol "?" What I need to do ? I attached file if somebody understand what i mean. Sorry for my bed english, I'm from Belarus Edited June 18, 2015 by TrollFromBelarus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bibilit Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 This symbol means that no valid system has been found to boot properly. The Hard disk has no system installed properly, of more likely the hard drive is bad or missing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrollFromBelarus Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) This symbol means that no valid system has been found to boot properly. The Hard disk has no system installed properly, of more likely the hard drive is bad or missing. The hard drive on the place. How I can to install a new operating system ? I have only laptop, doc station and floppy disk and PowerBook 1400cs Edited June 18, 2015 by TrollFromBelarus Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Elfen Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 If the hard drive is there, chances are that it went bad. Go to the 1400 and see what OS is it running on. If it is running System 7, you might be in luck. the Duo 230 uses a 68030 CPU, not a PowerPC that the 1400 uses but System 7 can run on both. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrollFromBelarus Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 If the hard drive is there, chances are that it went bad. Go to the 1400 and see what OS is it running on. If it is running System 7, you might be in luck. the Duo 230 uses a 68030 CPU, not a PowerPC that the 1400 uses but System 7 can run on both. 1400 have Mac os 8.6 on board Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raoulduke Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) You can use a USB floppy drive with WinImage or HFVExplorer. 'Burn' floppies from Windows to use on Powerbook. Or, you can use an external SCSI CD drive with the Duo. Edited June 18, 2015 by raoulduke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrollFromBelarus Posted June 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 You can use a USB floppy drive with WinImage or HFVExplorer. 'Burn' floppies from Windows to use on Powerbook. Or, you can use an external SCSI CD drive with the Duo. I need to burn floppy disk and write on it a WinImage or HFVExplorer programm ? I can use a floppy drive in dock station Where I can find a instruction about install Mac os from floppy on this dinosaur ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
raoulduke Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 The installer will have instructions. You need some way to get media from the internet to your machine. I will send you a PM and you can explore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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