Initialize a drive and load from scratch

[awreneau]

How do I initilize a MAC HD, I have the following:
PowerPC Power Macintosh 5200/75lC

There are about 30 of these machines given to charity from a local high school and you could imagin what kind of shape they are in.

I want to initialize the HD and reload the OS, maybe even Yellow Dog Linux if it will work. Anyway I have 7.5.3 on CD but it is a copy I burned and the PC will not load from the CD.

I also have Yellow Dog 3.0 and I'm interested in loading it as an alternative but the machine wont boot from that cd either.

How do I setup the machine to boot from a Cd, how do I format the HD AND how do I reload 7.5.3 from scratch if all else fails?

Thanks

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[jimbopalmer]

If it was me I would ebay a copy of MacOS 8.1 to 8.6 as many x200 problems were addressed in later OS versions

Then boot to that CD by pressing C as the mac boots
in a folder called utilities will be Drive Setup, which can format disks

http://lowendmac.com/ppc/5200.shtml

http://lowendmac.com/tech/x200.shtml

http://lowendmac.com/roadapples/x200.shtml

&quot;It should also be noted that reports from the field indicate that Mac OS 8.1 and later smooth out a lot of issues these models suffer from.&quot;
&quot;OpenTransport 1.2, which ships with Mac OS 8, solves many network problems.&quot;


I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[jfgthomassen]

http://www.sonic.net/~mroeder/beowoof/installingLinux.html

maybe this will be usefull

Jos