does the hard drive appear on the desktop as recognized?

nope. no os on it yet.

Wait, so does the Macintosh LC III work fine now? :O

nevermind. it started up finaly

file sharing won't start up. it has been sitting at the "File sharing is starting up..." screen for 15 minutes. this is a clean OS 9 install.

Just try setting up file sharing on the hard drive then.

Yup. but the floppy has no unnecisary stuff!

Just try copying the "Apple Ethernet LC" extension onto the floppy. If that doesn't fit, try cutting out some of the unnecessary stuff. BTW, more hard drives: http://cgi.ebay.com…

How long does file sharing usualy take to startup on OS 9?

Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect. Click…

Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect. Click…

Um... the ethernet card needs no extra drivers! It saw my iMac in the chooser, but doesn't recognise that i enabled guest login, as i have no ADB keyboard i can't connect.

Make sure you have the appropriate network extension installed! Since your Ethernet card is an Apple one, you just need the Apple Ethernet LC extension which can be found here.

OK... i have OS 9.2.2 running on my imac. how can i get the iMac to appear in the chooser of the LC III, or connect to the iMac? I am running the 7.5 Network Access Disk.

Screw the keyboard - Timbuktu it. }

Yes, yes, you could.

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard. Click to expand... ... Or i could just head onto Freecycle and ask for…

Or you could just buy/find a keyboard. Head onto your local Freecycle and ask for an old ADB keyboard.

the imac is running OS X, and i have no keyboard. i could put Key Caps on a floppy....

I can't tell from the other side of the world...can you access the iMac from the LCIII?

i can select EtherTalk and the activity LED blinks a bunch. does it have the right drivers?

Yeah, it will. You'll want to make sure you've got the correct drivers for your ethernet card on it however.

Would a system 7.5 Network Access Disk work? i'm dd-ing one now.

OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network? Click to expand... Network installs work for most …

OK... i'm really not looking foreword to all of those disk swaps. would it be possible to install from my iMac via a network?