Ah...well I just finished installing the new hard drive....geeze that was tedious, but very satisfying once its done. Now I just need to install the OS. I hope my external drive will let it boot from the disc. Wish me luck. -Cody On 5/15/05, Tom and Lisa P <gionpeters at comcast.net> wrote: > >Ok. I am expecting a new hard drive for my PB tomorrow (good thing > >too, since the current one just gave me the floppy disc with flashing > >question mark today >:o ) and I want to know if I can use my external > >CD-Rom Drive to install OS 9 or will I have to do something else? I > >just thought of this as soon as I remembered that I do not have a > >built-in CD-Rom drive to boot with. What have you guys done? > > > >Thanks, > > > >-Cody > > The external should work as long as it is apple ROMed. Otherwise you > have to tear the unit down to replace the HD (www.genchan.com for > pics). > > Mad Dog >