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- From: oueichek@gram (Ibaa Oueichek)
- Subject: Re: creating a bootable System 7 disk
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- References: <1993Jan25.141722.30758@Lehigh.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:42:25 GMT
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- Stephen O. Lidie (lusol@Lehigh.EDU) wrote:
- : Is it possible to create a bootable disk for system 7 on an 800K or 1.4 M
- : floppy? I tried copying the System file from install disk 1 and the Finder
- : from install disk 3 and booting from that, but, amazingly, after the happy Mac
- : face I get a divide by zero error from the Finder!!!
- :
- : Or, the REAL question is: after I mung my System file on the hard drive and
- : can't restart I've been forced to reinstall from the install disks which takes
- : 5-10 minutes. I'd rather boot from a floppy and simply replace the nad System
- : file with a good copy I keep around for just that purpose....
- It already happened to me FOUR times. There's a minimal version of the system
- on the DiskTools floppy (it's one of the Std Sys7 floppies). You can boot
- from it, check what's damaged on the disk and then copy the files from the
- system disk. I have no clue about the "divide by zero error".
- :
- : Thanks,
- :
- : SOL
- :
-
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