6100 and 2.2

[Shawn Dunn]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 05:03:16 -0700
Thomas Carlson <tcarls@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Lorenzo,
> 
> Swapping a cdrom drive is not that big a deal.  A Google search
> (Powermac 6100 parts cdrom) came up with the following:
> 
> http://www.timco-computers.com/macparts.html
> 
> A venerable Apple CD 300 Internal SCSI like mine will set you back $5
> US plus shipping.  They slide right in and out in a few minutes.  You
> should check for local sources first, though.  Many of the old
> Powermac 6100s are just given away for junk.
> 
> Hope you find a way.
There is one small problem with this, if you're using a downloaded and
burned ISO, the 300i is VERY flaky with CD-R's, my 6100 runs MkLinux,
and I never did get it to install with the stock 300i, I had an ancient
old caddy-style Toshiba that reads CD-R's just fine though, and plugged
it into the external SCSI bus, and it installed fine from there.  I'd
recommend picking up a 600i or 800i if you're going to use many CD-R's
with this system......   course, YMMV

					--Shawn