#Emplant, HELP!
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I cannot get Emplant to work no matter what I try. Everyone seems to
get it running without a hitch. I wish I could say the same. I have
been over the documentation line by line.
I can get the "install me first" disk to load, and come up with the
system. It will not, of course, recognize my hard disk partition.
Jim has already told me to boot from the "disk tools" first. Fine.
When I do, I get this error:
This startup disk will not work on this Macintosh Model. Use the
latest installer to update this disk for this model. (System 7.1
will not work on this model.)
I have borrowed a friend System 7.0 diskettes. These will not even
boot. The video cuts out, and I get these big black bars on the
screen.
The ROM IMAGE I am using has the following information:
Rom Type: 0178 – MacBinary File Rom Size: 256k – Mac II/x/cx v1.3
Is the problem the ROM? The board test out OK, and like I said, the
1st Installer disk loads the Mac system. I just can't get Disk tools
to boot, so I can format my hard drive partition.
I even borrowed a friends Mac ScSi drive. Emplant looked at it, but
would not boot from it. I don't really care about this problem,
because I will not be using his drive once I get this working. I
just thought that the added info might help.
I don't know the answer to your problem, but I do know that Jim Drew
won't answer you message unless you include his address. He normally
only replys to messages sent directly to him and that message won't
be sent directly to him without the address.
-=Andrew=-
I had a similar problem at first. I think certain versions of the
"Disk Tools" disk are customized for specific Macs and won't boot on
anything but that particular model. What I did was boot with the
"Install 1" disk, select "Eject Disk" so I could put in a blank
floppy, select "Switch Disk" so I could select the blank floppy as
the destination, select "Customize" so I could tell it what parts I
wanted, and finally select "Minimum system for any Macintosh." The
installer then created a bootable System 7.1 floppy for me. I could
then boot with that disk, format the hard drive, and proceed with the
installation as outlined in the documentation.
The next day, I went back to the Mac dealer where I bought my 7.1 and
had them trade me for the correct (generic) version. I think they
screwed-up and gave me a Quadra 840AV package the first time because
my original "Disk Tools" disk had enablers, etc. for that model.
Anyway, make sure you buy a copy of 7.1 that's not machine specific.
If you do, everything will work fine.