We are fixing up the ol 5300 to lend to a friend this fall who can't afford to purchase a book for herself yet. The husband upgraded it to os 8.6, but it really doesn't have enough ram to support 8.6, and I can't find an affordable ram upgrade. I used to run 7.5.5 on it without a problem, so I thought we could just return it to 7.5.5.
Not being able to find my old system 7 floppies, I went and dl'd the 19 disk image set of 7.5.3 and the 7.5.5 updater and the 7.5 network access disk images. After dl'ing this to a ppc 6500, I tried to copy the network access system folder onto a floppy. The system folder offered was too big to fit on a floppy (It said I needed 7k more space.) So I trashed a network extension and control panel, making the system folder small enough to fit on the floppy. My intent was to boot from the floppy, then insert the installer disks and run the 7.5.3 installer. I don't have the 5300 at hand, (the young woman is playing with it this weekend to get used to using a mac.) So I tried to boot a 2400 we have with this 7.5 tools disk to test the boot disk. We get a dialog box saying that that the system folder on the disk is insufficient to run the machine and I should seek a newer restore disk. So I wasn't able to verify the bootability of the 7.5 tools disk I created. Moreover, I have never actually retrograded a machine's os before. Now I am not sure exactly what I'm going to need to do to get the 5300 back to 7.5.5. Do I need to completely reformat the hard drive and start from scratch? The only time I ever did that before was a real mess, and I don't remember exactly how I fixed that problem. Do I need to put some kind of system enabler on the tools disk to get it to run a 2400 powerbook? or a 5300 powerbook, for that matter? Do I just need to unbless the system folder? It has been years and years since I made bootable floppies on a daily basis, so this may be a simple trick I just forgot about. Thanks, Also, I just wanted to express my thanks for the help and community offered by the powerbooks list. I wouldn't be able afford to run a computer right now, let alone help other people with computer issues, without the resources of this community. -- 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
