I can't speak to running 8.6 on a PowerBase. However, I did upgrade from 7.6 to 8.5 to 8.5.1 and then to 8.6 on a PowerTower successfully. It ran for awhile just fine (as well as on a fleet of iMacs and B&W G3s, after those machines went through various firmware updates).
8.6 was a pretty good OS for us. It's worth aspiring to. -- Chuck on 8/15/02 4:16 AM, Will Soper at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > My PowerBase 180 turned five this month and it's still going strong. My > only modifications have been to: increase (early on) the RAM to 112M; > add (early on) a TurboTV screen capture device in one of the PCI slots; > and install (more recently) an Apple CD drive. > > I'm running OS 8.5.1, which is stable, but the low-end cutoff for a lot > of software is now 8.6. > > I tried downloading and upgrading, twice, to the free 8.6 Apple offers, > but both times it failed to "take." It's been so long I can't remember > *how* it failed, but it was sufficiently scary for me to retreat quickly > to 8.5.1, especially the second time. > > I'm still using only the original 1.2GB hard drive for everything. I > try to keep between 300 and 400 MB free. Running Norton 6.0 periodically > indicates only moderate fragmentation and only minor problems--always > correctable. > > Does anybody have suggestions regarding why I'm having trouble upgrading > from 8.5.1. to 8.6? > > Thanks, > Will -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
