>As we all found out using a Powermac and SCSI connector to load OS8 doesnt >work-as Bruce said it thinks its loading the OS onto the PowerMac and doesnt >do it right. So I went and got an external Mac CD drive and an HDI-30 SCSI >disk adapter to plug the external drive into the 540C direct ( both items >easily found on EBAY). Although this makes installing a pleasure in >copmparison to the previous eons wasted its not foolproof - you still need >to beware and custom install.
I meant to post this last time you brought this up, but there's an easier, albeit a little slower (although not a LOT slower if you have an old CD drive): Just hook it to your desktop mac via Appletalk/ printer cable (iMac or similar, you are SOL of course). Share the installer CD using the desktop CD drive, connect to the desktop machine via appletalk from the laptop, run the installer- and you will get the nice smaller model-specific system installed on your laptop. It takes a little while, but not unworkable, certainly seems as fast as a 1X or 2X external CD (I've done both). But then anyone who has read for a while will recall I'm anti- SCSI Disk Mode anyway, given any choice in the matter. :) Brian -- 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
