on 18/12/00 21:13, TrueNorth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on 12/18/00 18:26, Laurent Daudelin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I would imagine that you would probably have to make a minimal system using
>> the system installer of the MacOS. The one you're using from the floppy has
>> definitely been modified to fit on a floppy and it detects when it's used
>> from any other support. Besides, I would feel more confident to use a
>> minimal system that I did configure properly to use on my computer, not this
>> reduced version. However, you might have to increase the size of the RAM
>> disk to make it fit...
>
> That is exactly the problem. RAM. Or rather, a lack of it. Minimal install
> of 7.6.1 still takes 4MB. Add an application (BBEdit Lite) and a file, and
> there goes half of my meager 12MB RAM. It would not be so bad I suppose if I
> were to avoid making the RAM disk persistent. I am trying to get more RAM,
> but in a frugal (cheap) manner.
>
Do you absolutely need to run 7.6.1? For a minimal system, the oldest the
version, the least space it would require, I would imagine. I'm not sure
what was the version of the OS that the 280c shipped with, but any older
version would be fine. Running with a minimal system would reduce the risk
of running into problems, since the set of components is rather small. Worth
a shot before deciding to accept those dreaded alert messages...
-Laurent.
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Custom Software Development WebObjects, MacOS X, 4th Dimension
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