[CUBE] It arrived! plus please help :)

[Richard Clark]

the cd dvd drive is cheap about 38 bucks i think if i'm not mistaken i 
saw it on OWC.
Are you sure someone didn't stick one of those little disks into the 
drive maybe thats why it won't eject and the other one will only go in 
halfway.
On Tuesday, Jan 7, 2003, at 07:40 Europe/Rome, Hal wrote:

> Have you tried booting from the hard drive with extensions disabled? 
> (Holding down the shift key during startup)
>
> See if that at least lets you boot up.
>
> -Hal
> On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 07:52 PM, mcph at olemiss.edu wrote:
>
>>
>>> If you don't care about anything on that drive, just wipe
>>> the drive and install your own stuff.
>>
>> Unfortunately I cant seem to get the dvd drive to accept the
>> Jaguar CD (I don't have the original OS 9 CD's,  I ordered
>> Jaguar seperately).  It goes in with very little friction
>> about 1/2 way then stops.  I have a fear that the dvd drive
>> may need replacing *sighs*  or maybe this stupid mac manager
>> is disabling it.  If need be I can replace the hard drive.
>> If the dvd drive is bad...ugh I dunno how easy that is to
>> replace...I suspect not very :(
>>
>> I also have a friend with a usb cdrw.  Is there anyway to
>> bood from such a beast? :)
>>
>>> You can also try booting with extensions disabled.
>>
>> How do I do that?  is it a keystroke on bootup?
>>
>>> If you still can't get the cd drive to work (could be
>>> related, I am not sure), use target disk mode from another
>>> firewire enabled computer, if you have one, and delete all
>>> traces of MacMgr.
>>
>> Target disk mode?   I have a compaq laptop with winxp and a
>> firewire port,  can I use that?  I could also get an ibook
>> from work on loan.  What do I need to do to use target disk
>> mode?
>>
>>> Of course, you could also email the guy you bought it from
>>> and ask him what the password is (then flog him for not
>>> removing it to begin with)
>>
>> The person indicated at the auction that the machine was
>> protected and he didnt recall the password.  I just assumed
>> I'd be able to insert the jaguar cd and do a fresh install.
>>
>> Hopefully I'll be able to get around this thing and use my
>> cube for more than a pretty paper weight. :)
>>
>> Thank you so much for all your help,  I really appreciate
>> it!
>
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