User`s guide

Creating A Bootable Zip Disk - without Iomega Tools

1. Reformat a blank Zip disk using the Erase Disk command from the

Finder Special menu.

2. Copy a valid System Folder (i.e. for your particular PowerBook model)

or run the Mac OS installer to install a Mac OS to the Zip disk.

3. If using OS 8.6 or higher copy the ‘Mac OS ROM’ file from the

Macintosh System Folder to the System Folder on the rescue disk.

4. You can now boot from this disk using either method described above.

Instructions for Hot-Swapping

Note: Expansion bay devices can be hot-swapped on the Macintosh

PowerBook G3 Series, 3400/G3, and 5300/190. It is possible to sleep-

swap expansion bay devices on the PowerBook 1400 (see “Instructions

for Sleep-Swapping”)

1. Be sure to quit any applications and close any open files that are being

run from the present expansion bay device.

2. Highlight the present expansion bay device, then select Put Away ( Y)

from the File menu.

3. Wait until the Finder has removed the device icon from the desktop,

then remove the present expansion bay device from the PowerBook.

4. Insert the VST Zip drive either with or without a disk. If a disk is insert-

ed, the drive should mount on the desktop within a few seconds and is

now ready for use.

Instructions for Sleep-Swapping

1. Be sure to quit any applications and close any open files that are being

run from the present expansion bay device.

2. Highlight the present expansion bay device, then select Put Away ( Y)

from the File menu.

3. Wait until the Finder has removed the device icon from the desktop,

then put the PowerBook to sleep using the Sleep command from the

Special menu.

4. Remove the present expansion bay device from the PowerBook.

5. Insert the VST Zip drive either with or without a disk.

6. Wake the PowerBook by hitting any key. If a disk is inserted, the drive

should mount on the desktop within a few seconds and is now ready

for use.