When I boot up normal, I get a error telling me I have to restart.

I cannot find the install disk,
However I tried pressing ":options"
when booting up, It shows a little cicrle arrow to the left a Icon
of a hard drive with a "X" thru it, and when there is a CD inserted
there is s icon of a CD with a "X" thru it.
and a continue arrow, when I continue there is a error saying
something about not being able to read from disk, continue, ignore,
eject.
Then the mouse goes dead.


Thank you for your help


JB

Jethro Bodeen wrote:
> When I boot up normal, I get a error telling me I have to restart.
>
> I cannot find the install disk,
> However I tried pressing ":options"
> when booting up, It shows a little cicrle arrow to the left a Icon
> of a hard drive with a "X" thru it, and when there is a CD inserted
> there is s icon of a CD with a "X" thru it.
> and a continue arrow, when I continue there is a error saying
> something about not being able to read from disk, continue, ignore,
> eject.
> Then the mouse goes dead.
>
>
> Thank you for your help
>
>
> JB
IMHO Sounds like you do not have a disk with a system folder to act as a
start up disc.




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Jethro Bodeen wrote:
> When I boot up normal, I get a error telling me I have to restart.
>
> I cannot find the install disk,
> However I tried pressing ":options"
> when booting up, It shows a little cicrle arrow to the left a Icon
> of a hard drive with a "X" thru it, and when there is a CD inserted
> there is s icon of a CD with a "X" thru it.
> and a continue arrow, when I continue there is a error saying
> something about not being able to read from disk, continue, ignore,
> eject.
> Then the mouse goes dead.
>
>
> Thank you for your help
>
>
> JB
IMHO Sounds like you do not have a disk with a system folder to act as a
start up disc.




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In article <_QDye.8353$4U5.5454@trndny03>,
Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net> wrote:

> Jethro Bodeen wrote:
> > When I boot up normal, I get a error telling me I have to restart.
> >
> > I cannot find the install disk,
> > However I tried pressing ":options"
> > when booting up, It shows a little cicrle arrow to the left a Icon
> > of a hard drive with a "X" thru it, and when there is a CD inserted
> > there is s icon of a CD with a "X" thru it.
> > and a continue arrow, when I continue there is a error saying
> > something about not being able to read from disk, continue, ignore,
> > eject.
> > Then the mouse goes dead.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your help
> >
> >
> > JB
> IMHO Sounds like you do not have a disk with a system folder to act as a
> start up disc.

I think Marshall is right. You need to install a valid OS on the HD, and
to do that you need a system install CD.

You need either the system install CD that came with the computer, or
another generic system CD that will work with your eMac. To work with
your any Mac, a generic system CD has to have on it a system version
that is as new or newer than the original system for that Mac.

Bill

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In article <_QDye.8353$4U5.5454@trndny03>,
Marshall <notmkatzman@verizon.net> wrote:

> Jethro Bodeen wrote:
> > When I boot up normal, I get a error telling me I have to restart.
> >
> > I cannot find the install disk,
> > However I tried pressing ":options"
> > when booting up, It shows a little cicrle arrow to the left a Icon
> > of a hard drive with a "X" thru it, and when there is a CD inserted
> > there is s icon of a CD with a "X" thru it.
> > and a continue arrow, when I continue there is a error saying
> > something about not being able to read from disk, continue, ignore,
> > eject.
> > Then the mouse goes dead.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your help
> >
> >
> > JB
> IMHO Sounds like you do not have a disk with a system folder to act as a
> start up disc.

I think Marshall is right. You need to install a valid OS on the HD, and
to do that you need a system install CD.

You need either the system install CD that came with the computer, or
another generic system CD that will work with your eMac. To work with
your any Mac, a generic system CD has to have on it a system version
that is as new or newer than the original system for that Mac.

Bill

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Bill <bbcollins@invalid.earthlink.net> writes:
>
> You need either the system install CD that came with the computer, or
> another generic system CD that will work with your eMac. To work with
> your any Mac, a generic system CD has to have on it a system version
> that is as new or newer than the original system for that Mac.

If he doesn't have any system discs, he can go to any Apple dealer (or
the Apple web site) and buy a copy of Mac OS 10.4 for $130. If the
eMac has a DVD-ROM drive, you can boot the install disk. If it doesn't
have a DVD-ROM drive, you'll have to spend another $10 to trade in the
install DVD for CD media.

(If he only has 128M of memory, Mac OS X will be painfully slow, but
that can be upgraded afterwards. Memory's not that expensive these
days.)

But locating the original system restore CD is far better. Macs come
bundled with all kinds of software that is not included with the OS.
The system restore discs will have this. Some such packages (for an
eMac) include AppleWorks, Quicken, and several games. This may also be
the only way to get Mac OS version 9, which you need in order to run
Classic apps.

-- David

Bill <bbcollins@invalid.earthlink.net> writes:
>
> You need either the system install CD that came with the computer, or
> another generic system CD that will work with your eMac. To work with
> your any Mac, a generic system CD has to have on it a system version
> that is as new or newer than the original system for that Mac.

If he doesn't have any system discs, he can go to any Apple dealer (or
the Apple web site) and buy a copy of Mac OS 10.4 for $130. If the
eMac has a DVD-ROM drive, you can boot the install disk. If it doesn't
have a DVD-ROM drive, you'll have to spend another $10 to trade in the
install DVD for CD media.

(If he only has 128M of memory, Mac OS X will be painfully slow, but
that can be upgraded afterwards. Memory's not that expensive these
days.)

But locating the original system restore CD is far better. Macs come
bundled with all kinds of software that is not included with the OS.
The system restore discs will have this. Some such packages (for an
eMac) include AppleWorks, Quicken, and several games. This may also be
the only way to get Mac OS version 9, which you need in order to run
Classic apps.

-- David