Hi Drew - Dan - John, Thanks for your help. It's mostly moot since I'm expecting to get the SCSI adapter and install that way (custom, definitely), but will save the instructions about putting together a networkable floppy for future reference: after all, who knows what trouble I might get myself into in the future? The idea of downloading 19 disk images and converting them so as to install 7.5.x merely in order to reactivate the network to then install 8.5 has so little appeal it would almost be better to turn the PB into a doorstop, but fortunately such a procedure shouldn't be necessary.
Drew said: > I'm sorry you couldn't make it work. I still think you might be > missing a piece here or there, though (like the OpenTransport > extension itself - you definitely need that). Howzat? Not only is there no such thing in the 8.5 installation tome, there's nothing with that name (that is "OpenTransport" all by itself without "lib" or some other qualifier) on my 7600 running 8.6 -- and it does AppleTalk perfectly. So too did the 5300 before its recent lobotomy. And: > Or, you could do the really hard 19-part download on your 2nd Mac, > mount the combined image, convert it with DiskCopy into 1 big fat > image, segment it with DropStuff into floppy-sized chunks, copy each > chunk to the empty space on your 5300, expand them with Stuffit > Expander, mount the big fat disk image, and install away. ;-) ... or > not... heh Exactly! Please! Dan suggested: > (use the custom install > option to install _just_ AT.) I tried the 7.5.3 and 7.6 Disk Tools 2 > disks, discard the usual utility pair to make enough room. You'll need to > add the Chooser and the Appleshare Chooser extension (those bits from the > NAD seem to work OK) to access your AS network volumes. I tried to do this (more or less), using the 8.5 Disk Tools disk, which aside from unadorned 7.5 (which won't boot the 5300) was the only one I had. The network remained invisible. Where do you get the 7.5.3 and/or 7.6 Disk Tools anyway? All I could find on Apple's site, aside from the unworkable Network Access disk, was the abovementioned massive 19 part whole kit and kaboodle 7.5.x. Anyway again, thanks loads, and all will be well. Best, Victoria -- Don't blame me, I voted with the majority. -- 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
