i think he has to get them onto the imac first before he can do anything... USB floppy drive anyone? or get a network card in the two macs and get hold of a crossover cable to get them talking to eachother.
---------- From: Bruce Johnson Sent: 20 February 2004 17:01 To: PCI PowerMacs Subject: Re: [PCI] Disk Labors On Feb 20, 2004, at 9:55 AM, R. A. Cantrell wrote: > Listers, > I have a program installer on 14 floppies that I want to > make a > cd of that will run as a simple installer without re-inventing the > wheel. Is > anyone really conversant with this process who could give me a tip or > two? Alas it really depends on the way the installer works. I've succeeded in three ways: Create disk images of all the floppies, and mount them all before running the installer. This will generally work no matter what, Create a single folder containing a folder for each disk, labeled with the disk name, with the installer files from each disk in each folder. This may work. Create a single folder and dump all the installer bits into it. This only works if the installer bit on each disk is named differently (disk 1.tome, disk 2.tome, etc) This is the one most likely to work as a monolithic installer. It all depends on how the files were named. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-power macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
