Hey Andrew, I find this bit of discourse VERY interesting, as I've been getting the impression from being on this list that the 5300 and the 190 (*my* PB) are supposedly similar. Note: I've never laid eyes on, much less used, a 5300, so please forgive me if my following questions/requests for clarification are particularly unintelligent. OK now, here we go.
Suppose I want to bring my PB 190's OS up from 7.5.3 to 8.1. Personally I think this would be nice, which is why this thread is intriguing me. The 190 has no CD-ROM capability, but I do happen to have a desktop Mac 7200/120 that's running on OS 8.1, *does* have a CD-ROM drive, and on top of that, I have both the OS 8.1 CD *and* an Apple LaserWriter attached to the 7200. Now, you say: <- Find yourself a serial/LocalTalk/printer cable. Hook it up to the printer/modem port of the PowerBook and the printer port of the desktop Mac. - Boot up both Macs.> You mean all I have to do is unplug the laser printer and, for the duration of this exercise, "replace" it with the PB? It's this easy?! Really?? And, is it also possible to use this hookup to, say, transfer all the other data on my PB to the 7200 for purposes of "cleaning up" the PB's hard drive (say, an erase/reformat/disk doctoring/optimize of the disk prior to the OS 8.1 upgrade), doing the upgrade itself and then transferring the data all back to the PB? You're certainly making it sound possible, anyway. Wow! So after I have the laser printer and the PB trade places, when I boot up the 7200, should I do it "normally" or from the OS 8.1 CD? <- Make sure both Macs are set to never go to sleep.> Uh, why is this, and can I reset the PB back to its sleep settings when this is all finished? I keep the PB set to go to sleep after an interval of non-activity, for reasons of battery preservation when I go out with it (indoors I use the plug on the wall, though, which I assume I'd be doing here). The 7200 is always fully awake unless I deliberately put it to sleep or shut it down. <- On both Macs, open the AppleTalk control panel and set "Connect via:" to the appropriate port (printer/modem for the PowerBooks, printer for the desktop).> Hmmm. Well, since I already have the 7200 connected to the laser printer, would I have to do this for the 7200, or just for the PB if I switched them? <- On the desktop, open the File Sharing control panel (or the Sharing Setup control panel on older OSs). If you haven't yet filled out the Onwer Name, password, and computer name, do so now. Turn File Sharing on. - Once File Sharing has started up, close the control panel. Insert the Mac OS CD into the CD-ROM drive. - If you have Mac OS 8 or later on the desktop, Get Info on the Mac OS CD (for 7.5.x or 7.6.x, select the disc, then choose "Sharing" from the File Menu). Click the checkbox to share the disc, then set whichever privileges you want. (Owners can always access all disks, regardless of whether they are being "shared" or not. So this step isn't really necessary). - On the PowerBook, open the Chooser and click on AppleShare. Double click the name of the desktop Mac. - Enter the appropriate owner's name and password. - Select the Mac OS CD and click "OK" - When the shared CD mounts on the PowerBook, open it and install Mac OS as normal.> I think the rest of this sounds straightforward enough. Having to use the Chooser and AppleShare on the PB to do this makes sense to me because I've never hooked it up to a printer or another Mac before, so naturally I'd have to set this up. The only question I have here would be: < If you have Mac OS 8 or later on the desktop, Get Info on the Mac OS CD> -- I do, so why is this? Last question: If I do this upgrade, will my PB still have the appropriate PB control panels etc., or is OS 8.1 intended only for desktop Macs? My decision to upgrade is resting on the answer to this question, although if this printer port networking thing works, I'll still do the data transfer and clean up the PB's hard drive. Thanks! ~Yersinia. -- 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
