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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1355080" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>To be honest...I'm really not 100% sure plugging an external CD drive into a "bare" (no OS installed) SE/30 will work. CD drives were not even around when the SE/30 was developed & launched in January, 1989...and the SE/30 (when released)...came with OS 6.0.5. So the "stock" SE/30 has no ROM instructions to even recognize an external CD drive if it were plugged in.</p><p></p><p>The only way plugging an external CD drive into an SE/30 will work (maybe)...is if the SE/30's internal hard drive had a newer OS version installed on it first (like OS 7.5.5). Then this newer OS version would have the drivers to recognize an external CD drive...but the computer would still need to be "booted" from the internal hard drive.</p><p></p><p>Since this SE/30's internal HD is either "dead" or has no bootable OS on it (two probable reasons for the flashing "?")...then trying to boot this SE/30 from an external CD drive just won't work.</p><p></p><p>This is why I said this is what you need (above):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Mac-OS-7-5-Version-7-5-3-Floppy-Disks-/260932027230?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc0c2c35e#ht_500wt_1099" target="_blank">Mac OS 7.5.3 Install Floppy's</a></p><p></p><p>Unless you can get (have the correct equipment/hardware at your disposal)...to download the free OLD OS files from the internet...AND make bootable 3.5" floppy disks from these files...THEN you NEED to get/find a set of these OS install floppies (which is what I linked above).</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1355080, member: 56379"] To be honest...I'm really not 100% sure plugging an external CD drive into a "bare" (no OS installed) SE/30 will work. CD drives were not even around when the SE/30 was developed & launched in January, 1989...and the SE/30 (when released)...came with OS 6.0.5. So the "stock" SE/30 has no ROM instructions to even recognize an external CD drive if it were plugged in. The only way plugging an external CD drive into an SE/30 will work (maybe)...is if the SE/30's internal hard drive had a newer OS version installed on it first (like OS 7.5.5). Then this newer OS version would have the drivers to recognize an external CD drive...but the computer would still need to be "booted" from the internal hard drive. Since this SE/30's internal HD is either "dead" or has no bootable OS on it (two probable reasons for the flashing "?")...then trying to boot this SE/30 from an external CD drive just won't work. This is why I said this is what you need (above): [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-Mac-OS-7-5-Version-7-5-3-Floppy-Disks-/260932027230?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc0c2c35e#ht_500wt_1099]Mac OS 7.5.3 Install Floppy's[/url] Unless you can get (have the correct equipment/hardware at your disposal)...to download the free OLD OS files from the internet...AND make bootable 3.5" floppy disks from these files...THEN you NEED to get/find a set of these OS install floppies (which is what I linked above). - Nick [/QUOTE]
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