Lost OS and withdrawal
What a summer! With the OS up in the air, separated and disconnected, I have had NO ACCESS, via my MAC, to the web at home. I could use the university computers, but that was a twenty mile drive there, and there was no guarantee I would be able to get into the rooms in the summer. It was awful! It was inconvenient. Dealing with the shock and working out a plan became essential. What was step one?
Step one: get OS 9 re-installed. Easier said than done. I had thrown away the CD with the OS on it, just to tidy the clutter around the computer.
Step two: OK, so buy another CD. Problem: that OS 9 was no longer sold, the Mac world was moving to OS X. There was talk of using a firewire cable to access the hard drive on my Mac. This was "sledge hammer to crack a nut" time.
Step 3: cadge, beg, borrow or steal a CD with the required OS on it. My research student said "You can boot your computer from a CD by holding down C as you power up." And then the magic words "I believe the technicians have back up copies of the various OS - I am sure they will let you have a copy for a day or two." Before you could say knife, I was there, requesting. All summer they had been wherever technicians go, but now in September the great academic re-gathering was commencing. I was in with a shout and borrowed the disc.
Step 4: Boot from the disc and spend two hours reconfiguring the computer. It is now done and I am able to make this post. Phew!
Step one: get OS 9 re-installed. Easier said than done. I had thrown away the CD with the OS on it, just to tidy the clutter around the computer.
Step two: OK, so buy another CD. Problem: that OS 9 was no longer sold, the Mac world was moving to OS X. There was talk of using a firewire cable to access the hard drive on my Mac. This was "sledge hammer to crack a nut" time.
Step 3: cadge, beg, borrow or steal a CD with the required OS on it. My research student said "You can boot your computer from a CD by holding down C as you power up." And then the magic words "I believe the technicians have back up copies of the various OS - I am sure they will let you have a copy for a day or two." Before you could say knife, I was there, requesting. All summer they had been wherever technicians go, but now in September the great academic re-gathering was commencing. I was in with a shout and borrowed the disc.
Step 4: Boot from the disc and spend two hours reconfiguring the computer. It is now done and I am able to make this post. Phew!
posted by Dr Brian Morris at 6:37 am
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