How to make a boot floppy (7.5.3) — #8

Post #8 by Paralel

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Wed, 24 Jun 2015 - 00:15
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/how-to-make-a-boot-floppy-7-5-3.2209/

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mraroid said:
OK. I just bought a Sun brand CD reader and burner. It came with cables that will let it plug into the back of my CCII logic board. My Color Classic will be put back together soon. I guess I can use a standard blank CD-R CD to burn to? I have a good working floppy in my Color Classic. I am running 7.5.3 and can upgrade to 7.5.5 if I want to. I have not burned with this CD drive yet (Can't figure out how to), but I can put a Mac CD in it, and it will show up on my Color Classic desktop.

I need to create a boot CD that includes some odd ball format and init software on it. Once I have that, then I can remove the HD in my CC replace it, and format and init the compack flash card.

I have been searching the web for a FAQ, or instructions on how to make a boot floppy but coming up empty handed.

jack

If you have a PC, I highly suggest PowerISO, it allows you to create and burn HFS CDs & ISOs. I have used it several times to burn various ancient Mac CDs, including bootable ones. If you have an OS X machine, you should have no trouble making an HFS ISO and burning it right to CD in Disk Utility. HFS is called "Standard" format in the OS X Disk Utility, "Extended" is HFS+