on 4/19/00 9:25 PM, Wally Eyman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Am trying to install 8.5 on a 2300c 40/1.1. Assumed that this would be
> no problem but it failed the first time ("Problems were encountered
> reading the source file "Installation Tome". Installation cannot
> continue.") Looked at AppleSpec to find what OS is supported and it
> looks like a 2300 only goes up to 8.0. Seems that I have heard on the
> list that even 280c's will go higher than that. Was running 7.6.1 and
> can't get on line with internal modem which says I need remote access
> (I've got the white one, a Global Village I think). Any help out
> there? Thanks mucho.
> Wally
OS 8.5 will install on a2300. I suspect even OS9 would, but the 2300 can't
carry enough memory to make this workable. I had 8.5 on my 2300, now have
OS8 for it's smaller memory footprint.
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