Apple Macintosh 6500 - Manual (Page 155)

Starting up from a floppy disk
To initialize, test, or repair a hard disk, or to install system software on a
hard disk, you need to start up your computer from another disk. Usually, you
start up using the built-in CD-ROM drive (if you have one). However, if you
can’t use the CD-ROM drive for some reason, you can also start up the
computer from the floppy drive using the Disk Tools floppy disk. (Note that
the Disk Tools floppy disk is created from files that are on the CD-ROM disc
that contains system software—if you cannot use your CD-ROM drive, you’ll
need to find another Macintosh with a CD-ROM drive that you can use.)
Disk Tools is available as a disk image file on the CD-ROM disc that contains
system software. (A disk image file is a file that contains a compressed
version of a floppy disk’s contents.) To create a Disk Tools floppy disk, insert
the CD-ROM disc that contains system software and a floppy disk, then
double-click the Disk Tools disk image file on the CD-ROM disc. This
launches an application called Disk Copy that carries out the process of
creating the floppy disk from the disk image file. Refer to the Disk Copy Read
Me file for more information about using Disk Copy.
To start up your computer using a floppy disk, follow these steps:
1 Shut down or turn off your computer.
2 Insert the Disk Tools floppy disk into the disk drive.
3 Restart or turn on the computer.
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