On Friday, November 22, 2002, at 12:44 PM, Rus Bain wrote: > I have a UMAX C500 240 with 144 meg memory, a 20 gig hard drive, with > no > partitions, as well as a Macintosh 16 inch color display monitor. I > have a USB card with software, an Iomega Zip Drive, and an Epson Stylus > Color 600 printer. I'm trying to upgrade to OS 8.6 so that I can use an > hp deskjet 5550 printer and hook up my hp photosmart 318 digital > camera. > > Everything was running smoothly on 8.1 - then, I attempted to upgrade > and this is where it all fell apart. For three weeks I've been > battling > this demon and getting no where ...... all that happens once 8.5 and > subsequently 8.6 are installed is one error message after another and > continual crashes. > > Also, the CD Rom will not work any longer ...... I've tried to load the > CD-Rom Toolkit (I have the installer on a Zip disk) but it asks for > 'personalization', which I do, but it will not recognize the numbers > from the back of the original system disk ...... these are the > identification numbers it asks you to put in. > > I'm now wondering if upgrading my UMAX to 8.6 is impossible ...... > could > it be that its 'innards' are just not compatible with this Apple > upgrade? > > I'd be most grateful for any help anyone can offer. > > Rus Bain >
I had similar problems when I went from OS 7.6.1 to OS 9.1 on my C500 with the 180 MHz CPU. I found that disk fragmentation on my HD and other disk errors seemed to cause the instability. I must have run TechTool Pro 3 or 4 times before the C500 would accept the new system. Is the CD-Rom Toolkit from Intech? Maybe you can use their free trial of CD/DVD Speed Tools at <http://www.IntechUSA.com/CDInfo.html>. Hopefully you can bring your CD-ROM back. Then I would use a disk tool to see what shape the HD is in before you try the install or resurrect what you have now. HTH. Eric -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
