Drew wrote: >> I'm sorry you couldn't make it work. I still think you might be >> missing a piece here or there, though (like the OpenTransport >> extension itself - you definitely need that).
AFAIK, OS8 requires OT, which I doubt can be squeezed onto a floppy. I built an OS 8.1 disk but I haven't tried it yet on the 5300. If that works (classic networking - ie: pre-OT), one could do an entire HFS+ format and install (using remote disk images and utilities of course.) I'll write a report when I get around to trying it. Victoria wrote: >Howzat? Not only is there no such thing in the 8.5 installation tome, >there's nothing with that name (that is "OpenTransport" all by itself >without "lib" or some other qualifier) on my 7600 running 8.6 -- and it does >AppleTalk perfectly. So too did the 5300 before its recent lobotomy. Those are the OT bits to which Drew was referring I think. Drew wrote: >> Or, you could do the really hard 19-part download on your 2nd Mac, >> mount the combined image, convert it with DiskCopy into 1 big fat >> image, segment it with DropStuff into floppy-sized chunks, copy each >> chunk to the empty space on your 5300, expand them with Stuffit >> Expander, mount the big fat disk image, and install away. ;-) ... or >> not... heh Uhhh Drew?, now is that the _most_ complicated way you could think of to do this? <G> I'd issue a challenge right now to _beat_ those contortions, but I've already spent waaaay too much time futzing with this. <G> Dan K -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
