[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 7/31/01 2:58:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> <<
> What CD would that be??? The PB540 series don't have CD drives. Original
> disks for them are floppies.
>
>
> The original media package contains one floppy and one CD-ROM.
>
> The floppy contains just enough of System 7.5.3 (or whatever it was) to boot
> from and access the CD-ROM.
>
> The CD-ROM contains everything else.
And you were supposed to do what? spin the CD fast on your fingertip?
Still no CD drive on a 540 nor was one an internal option, ever.
Mike, you can download the universal installer for 7.5.5 on Apples web
site in floppy sized chunks.
If you have access to another mac with a SCSI port and have the
disk-mode cable for the 540 you can mount the 540 as a hard drive on
that mac, and install the system from CD there.
Just make sure you select the 'System for any macintosh' in the
installer...I managed to install the PowerPC version of System 8.1 the
first time I tried that on mine.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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