On Mon, 8/19/13, Marek Drvota <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: Powerbook 1400cs system installation To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 19, 2013, 11:20 AM Hi, I found Apple LEgacy CD - located 7.5.3, created the installation floppies .... but "The system software installer script does not recognize this Macintosh" - I'm advised to use the floppies which came with the Mac. ANy suggestion here ?
-------------------- Dig a bit deeper and run the installer directly instead of using the script. Then you can choose to do an install for Any Macintosh which will install a FAT system, using up your hard drive space with 68K code and drivers for every device you don't have - or do a custom install and select all the options to match your Powerbook 1400. Then you install the 7.5.5 update and get no choices, it just throws on a ton of drivers and other things you don't need and have to dig into the System folder to delete. Sooo, the fastest way is to just choose the PPC install option then do the 7.5.5 update, then go in and remove what you don't need because it's very likely you don't own one of every model of printer Apple made up through the release of 7.5.5, nor will you have an Apple NuBus Ethernet card in a 1400 that needs the A/ROSE extension... or a great lot of the other things useless to your 1400 that the whole install will put on. The whole System and Mac OS installers are very customizable but the updaters just shotgun blast everything on to ensure the users wouldn't un-select something critical in a custom install. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
