Cool, thanks for your help. I will check the G3 shortly. Shoot, it is the ver. with no floppy drive. So I guess that's out.
The PB180, right now, only has the base 4mb ram (I was going to upgrade that later though). If I was to continue to run 7.1 on there, as you suggest, what would be the best way to reset everything to factory? See, my worry is that I bought this off of someone and I want to make sure all his stuff is completely off there. Since the HD is soo small, I want to start out with as much space as possible. I had thought that, while doing that, I might as well upgrade the OS. Maybe I am thinking like a PC person, who knows ;) But, if 7.5.3 is going to be clunky, I am fine with sticking to 7.1 for now, as long as I can get it clean-as-possible. thanks! Patrick -----Original Message----- From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Manfred Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:53 AM To: PowerBooks Subject: Re: Formatting and fresh install of 7.5.3 on a PB180 Hello, > Ah, I get it. Yea, I don't want to just upgrade it. > It's 19 floppies, yes. Alot, I know ;) it is. Not too much if disk 18 isnt corrupted ;) > I just remembered, though, here in the office we have an old G3 sitting > around that I can use. I assume it would be best to format the disks from > that and use this diskcopy (?) to transfer the disk images over and then > boot from the first disk? Where can I get that? Disk Copy should just be there. (search = apple+f) If unfortunately not, then look on the installation-cd of the G3. Ther should be a folder disktools. I this fails too, ther might be a version somewhere at apple.com. Yes, generate on the G3 the floppies out of the images. If it is a colored case there might be no floppy drive.. This will speed up things. You can boot already from disk1 while G3 is writing disk2. If one gets corrupted you can make another one on the G3 without aborting the installation. How much RAM does the PB180 have ? Probably you would like to stay with 7.1 :) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | () Gruesse/regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | /\ Manfred Guentner www.serv.de.eu.org | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- 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:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com -- 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:powerbooks@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
