Fabian wrote, < The complete OS 7.5.3 comes on 19 floppy disks. See below:
<http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#system> and Rob wrote, <7.5.3 on TWO floppies? Wow, that's amazing! My set of floppy disks for System 7.5.3 consists of FOURTEEN floppies! It's designed to update a Mac running System 7.5 (which came on 8 floppies) already, and I guess it handles both the 68K Macs and those with PowerPC processors.> Hmmmmm, well, now I'm really bamboozled then. I know it's been a few months since I downloaded 7.5.3 and 7.5.5 from Apple's site, but to the best of my knowledge, I downloaded all there was to download of these two OS's and when I made the floppies (using Disk Copy and Drive Setup at various different times) I ended up with two for 7.5.3 and three for 7.5.5. My reason for downloading them was because I had wanted to bring my Powerbook 190 (a 68K, not a PPC) from OS 7.5.2 to 7.5.5. From what I had learned both from listers here and from info on the Apple site, this was a two step process, i.e., go from 7.5.2 to 7.5.3, and then to 7.5.5, so that's why I took both downloads, and what I always, without fail ended up with was two floppies for 7.5.3 and three for 7.5.5 regardless of whether I used Disk Copy or Drive Setup to make them. But anyway, if the two of you, Fabian and Rob, are now saying that 7.5.3 is nineteen or fourteen floppies, maybe this is why my repeated attempts at upgrading failed? But then again, even this doesn't make sense to me. How COULD I have only gotten two floppies from something that's "supposed to" yield 14 or 19? Well, OK. I'll go back to the Apple site through the URL you so kindly included, Fabian. My PB 190 is STILL running 7.5.2. The reason I ultimately gave up on the upgrade was because no matter how I made the floppies (see above, repeated attempts with Disk Copy and Drive Setup, both of which LOOKED like they were good), 7.5.3 simply wouldn't install and it made no sense to me. When I have a problem that makes absolutely no sense, and is basic to the point of "a chimpanzee should be able to do it." I mean, really! MAKING FLOPPIES and executing an INSTALLATION? For crying out loud! Admittedly 80% or more of what I see on these lists is way over my head, but never in my life have I had problems making floppies or installing anything on a Mac capable of running whatever it was. I lose my patience pretty fast in a situation like this -- it makes no sense. The kinds of problems that are too technical for me to solve, or too expensive, such as suggestions to "open the computer and_____" or "buy the newer version of the software" I can easily live with, believe it or not, because I know what my technical and financial limitations are, and that if/when I took up those suggestions, the problems would be/have actually been fixed with suggestions I tried so far, and it DOES make sense. This Powerbook upgrade business really bugs me because so far it's made no sense, "free" is well within my budget, and making floppies/installing things (so I thought!) are well within my "technical" abilities. ~Yersinia. -- 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
