Ralph Mawyer wrote: > > Well, I was too lazy to reformat a MO disk or partition, but I did > try and boot from an OS 7.6 CD and it wouldn't load. I'm trying to > remember if the original 7.6 load used enablers back then for the new > Macs, i.e., the 2400. (Checked...nope) > > I just did a check through the Apple's site on the Knowledge > base...and didn't find much. I'm wondering if you could install 7.6, > the run the 7.6.1 updater which came out after the 3400. There is no > 7.6.1 installer, so you've go to go the update route. > > If anyone has their original emergency startup diskette, they might > look on there and see which system it is using. > > You might just try using FinderPop with 8.6 for the greatest stability. >
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