on 4/11/02 4:21 pm, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > James, > > If you can browse the 6320's drive on your 190cs, you can also use > your 190cs to view CDs mounted in the 6320 via AppleTalk. (Er, your > 6320 does have a CD-ROM drive, doesn't it?) > > Long and short - You don't have to find 8.1 on floppies. Get the CD, > stick it in your 6320, share it with your 190cs, and install 8.1 over > AppleTalk onto the 190cs. Easy-peasy. Heck, I've done that w/ 8.5 on > my 5300. It took a few hours, but it worked. > > Dog slow, but it will work and save you the headache of 1st tracking > down 8.1 floppies, then 2nd installing 8.1 via floppy (that's gotta be > a nightmare!). > > Alternatively, get the PowerBook SCSI adapter, hook your book up in > SCSI disk mode, and install 8.1 via the 6320. That would be super > easy, and the adapter's on eBay all the time. And if you ask nicely, > I'll bet someone on LEM-swap will give you a deal. > > So unless you have another reason for wanting the floppies, my advice > would be to give up on that avenue. There are easier, faster methods. > > Peace, > Drew > -- > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> > "Anyone can fly, all you have to do is throw yourself at the ground > and miss." -Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy > Hi quick question on the super easy scsi disk mode what about bus errors when you try to start the powerbook and if i am the only mac user getting them where am i going wrong.
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