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Oct 20, 2003, 07:09 AM
 
Hi there

I recently tried to boot up my powerbook 550mhz combo into os 9 for the first time in ages. I am not greeted by a flashing questionmark on startup.

I have tried holding down X on startup but this does nothing.

Holding down option shows no bootable drives.

Whats worse is that im on an island to the south of korea - minus any software cds... yes yes i am an idiot.

I have looked into purchasing disk warrior but it will take forever to get here (2-3 weeks plus the extra time mail takes to get here - another 2 weeks or so ) and there are no stores that stock apple stuff nor does anyone i know have an apple computer.

I tried downloading dw from lime wire but i only have access to pcs for burning cds and couldnt figure out how to burn cds on pcs from .dmg files without the aid of a mac.

I would really love it if anyone could suggest somekind of solution.

Thanks in advance.
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 07:14 AM
 
Try changing the extension from ".DMG" to ".ISO" and burning them with Nero Burning ROM on the PC. As long as the disk images are in 'CDR/DVD Master' format then it should work.
     
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Oct 20, 2003, 05:02 PM
 
Please use descriptive names when titling threads -- "Help" is NOT descriptive, and will not get you many replies.

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Oct 20, 2003, 05:06 PM
 
From island? Is it kojay?
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