Michael and all, I am a little confused on what I should be doing to upgrade my PTP225 to OS 9.1. I have the grey CD and a newly formatted hard disk (2.0GB). I tried putting the CD in the CD-ROM drive and holding the C key to bot from the CD. Nothing happened. I was able to reboot to the current OS7.5.3.
Do I need to prepare the CD and HD with third party drivers before I use the OS9.1 disk? I've read your note below a couple of times and am still confused. Can you help me by pointing out the steps to take to upgrade to OS9.1 with this hardware. I'd like to try the software solution first. Thanks for the help and sorry for being so dumb <g>. Sean > One thing to bear in mind when using the PTP, or and PowerComputing unit, is > that the CDROM, and in many cases the Hard Drive will require third party > drivers, and they do not have Apple ROM built in as do native Macs. The setup > disks which came with the units new had FWB CDROM Toolkit and HD Toolkit > included, but are pretty rare these days. The are two solutions, software & > hardware. > The software solution requires either obtaining a copy of the toolkits, hacking > Mac OS drivers or finding a copy of Mac OS 7.6 (the drivers for this system > seem to work with many more strains of CDROMs) > The hardware solution is to install a CDROM and hard drive from later model > Macs which have a SCSI interface . These are readily available and cheap either > in used computer/consignment shops, on eBay, and through LEM sponsors. The PTP > will easily accept a second CDR as well, plus a ZIP drive if required. > > I use one daily with an XLR8 G4/375 mounted on a ZIF card and running MacOS > 8.6. The PowerTowerPro is an excellent machine...the best of the Mac clone era. > > Cheers...Michael > > -- > 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> > --> 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]> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- 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> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
