Tim, On Tuesday 27 February 2001 03:01, you wrote: > Well, the hard disk is spinning up, and is accessed prior to the boot > process failing. Ok, so you mean to say that it looks, but can't find anything? Safe to say that (in the least) some data is missing. Corrupt / unblessed System folder etc. It is not making any unusual noises, and was working > just fine until now... I think it's all right... If not, I do have > another laptop SCSI hard drive that I could use. Might need it. > I have tried booting from a MacOS system CD, but have been unable to get > it to boot using an external CD-ROM drive. This could have been a bad CD, > however, since I only have one. normally that is done by holding down 'c' as the machine starts. If it won't go, it could be because the external CD-ROM is not Genuine Apple on the firmware level. (Is it?) I Do have a good bootable system 7.6 CD, as well as the startup floppies (which can be made from the CD). > Do you also have a MkLinux CD? If so, I can be sure to make the > installfest... I have never used mklinux, only Debian m68k on the Macs. I'm not aware of a .iso image for m68k Debian, but I do have the base install set burned to a cd-rom. Once you install the base, the machine can get the rest from the Internet with apt. I'm not sure if my external CD-ROM drive works, but > perhaps someone else will have a SCSI CD-ROM at the installfest. I'll have at least one.. -- -.bill.layer.- -.those who are talking don't know, and those who know aren't talking.- -.frogtown.- -.minnesota.- -.u.s.a.-