From: Gary F. Daught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Refresh my memory for installing 7.5.3 > 7.5.5 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:53:54 -0700
Greetings. I'm trying to run down System 7.1 for my PB180 (currently with 7.6.1 installed), but I want to try the free 7.5.3 > 7.5.5 option first. I've downloaded all 19 disk images of 7.5.3 and the Net Install.sea version of 7.5.5 onto my eMac's hard drive from Apple. I was going to burn these onto a CD. But I don't have a boot disk for the external CD-ROM drive I'm using with my PB. So please refresh my memory on pre-OS 8 System installations. I downloaded the 7.5 Network Access Disk which I would DiskCopy to a floppy, thinking I could use this as a boot disk for installing first 7.5.3 and then 7.5.5. Am I on the right track here?
Yes, you're on the right track. However, you'll still need a way to network connect the 180 to the eMac so you can get the disk images to the 180.
Seems to me I recall that the 19 images of 7.5.3 recombine on the hard drive prior or during installation. But I don't remember how I start this process. I also downloaded the 4 images of 7.0.1 in case I should start with an earlier version of System 7. Any clarification/help would be most appreciated. Thanks!
Gary Daught [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Put all the 19 images into one folder. The installer is on image number 1, and it will automatically find/open/access all the others as needed. Then you can add the net install tuneup to 7.5.5 later.
You might check out Gamba or Jag's House for boot floppy images, also you can get a patched CDROM extension that will recognize non-Apple CD drives.
I was able to boot my PPC 540c from a non-Apple drive holding 7.6.1 using cmd-opt-shift-del at startup time.
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