Re: [WinMac] Floppyless iMac

Michael bartosh(bartosh[at]tamu.edu)
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:49:40 -0600

> Dear David,
>
> What the iMac lacks is a way to boot the machine and run disk
> repair/recovery utilities *easily*... And I underscore the word EASILY.
> Yes, you can boot from a CD, but then what happens when you can't run a
> repair program because there is no second drive... Even a lowly floppy
> drive? Remember, the iMac also lacks a SCSI port so you can't boot from an
> external disk, either.

Disk first aid is very nice now- and any disk repair program comes
with a startup CD.

-mab

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