On 1/9/04 5:52 AM, Alex Dumitru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The last version of MacOS that ran on the PB 5300 (and all PPC PB's pre G3)
is 9.1. That's according to a MacOS vs. machine model matrix that I found on
the apple site.
I am actually trying to install from an original MacOS 9.0.x CD.
Vicki wrote:
If I remember correctly if you use a PB in scsi mode it shows up as a disk
attached to that mac. When you use an installer on that disk , Then (this is
the part that I think so someone correct me if I am wrong) The installer
will install the required software for the Mac desktop and
On Jan 9, 2004, at 05:52 am, Alex Dumitru wrote:
The last version of MacOS that ran on the PB 5300 (and all PPC PB's
pre G3)
is 9.1. That's according to a MacOS vs. machine model matrix that I
found on
the apple site.
I am actually trying to install from an original MacOS 9.0.x CD. So
it's
FWIW, I think that unless you absolutely have to run OS 9.x, you're
wasting a lot of computer resources on your 5300 using that OS. I'd
go back to 8.6 But my word's not gospel, of course, and plenty
of people will say the opposite.
RAM is so short on these machines that 8.6 is surely
I installed 9.0 on my 1400, and RAM sure is tight. Higher than 9.0 would
be even worse.
On the other hand, if you have a G3 in your 1400, I strongly recommend 9.1
(granted you'll need to max out RAM and turn VM on). In fact, due to the
problems that the Sonnet extension has had with 8.6 and
I've been reading about it all night. Maybe one of these days I'll
undertake the academic exercise of installing 9.2.2 on my 5300ce.
If you do, let us know. OS9Forever says it doesn't work. Not that I would
ever want to run OS 9 on my 5300, let alone 9.2.2, but it would be
interesting to see.
Thanks to all that have answered my query about updating the OS on my
PB5300.
Here is a brief summary of what happened and where I am at right now:
Since I wanted to go to OS 9, it became clear that the aging Quadra would
not do the trick. So, I borrowed a friend's beige G3 desktop with
Good Afternoon Alex
I have just installed 9.1 on a PowerBook 1400cs wanted to use 9.2.2 but
advise from Apple was it is incompatible and 9.1 is the latest I can
install. Maybe the same with the 5300?
9.2.2 will work only on a G3 machine so I would suspect Firmware
problems. Perhaps start
I have just installed 9.1 on a PowerBook 1400cs wanted to use 9.2.2 but
advise from Apple was it is incompatible and 9.1 is the latest I can
install. Maybe the same with the 5300?
The PB5300 is based on a NuBus architecture, and from what people have been
able to figure out about 9.2.x, Apple
Ihe PB5300 is based on a NuBus architecture, and from what people have been
able to figure out about 9.2.x, Apple seems to have removed some of the
components needed for NuBus support.t won't run on a 5300 no matter what
you do, although it can be hacked onto a 1400 with some difficulty.
Well this
The last version of MacOS that ran on the PB 5300 (and all PPC PB's pre G3)
is 9.1. That's according to a MacOS vs. machine model matrix that I found on
the apple site.
I am actually trying to install from an original MacOS 9.0.x CD. So it's not
an issue that the OS won't work on the machine. I
The last version of MacOS that ran on the PB 5300 (and all PPC PB's pre G3)
is 9.1. That's according to a MacOS vs. machine model matrix that I found on
the apple site.
Yes, well, 9.1 is the last _supported_ OS on anything short of the
Wallstreet. However, 9.2.2 CAN run on the 5300, Apple just
Hello Victoria:
victoria brandon wrote:
Thank you everyone Etc.
I *swear* up and down and back
and forth that the set up is *exactly* the same as yesterday's, when the
SCSI connection refused to work at all. Maybe the [EMAIL PROTECTED] thing only likes
even-numbered days?
So as of this
I didn't get your original post.
On 3/5/03 Victoria wrote:
Just to recap my miserable boring infuriating problems trying to reinstall
an operating system on my 5300: I wiped the drive and partitioned it. All
many miserable details snipped
So what to try next Is there any way to
Thank you everyone (and especially Dan for his consoling tone) for all the
excellent advice. The saga of my 5300 entered a new and possibly more
encouraging chapter this morning, when I started everything up again and lo,
its icons showed up on the 7600's desktop. I *swear* up and down and back
Hurray! This is just to pass on the good word: the 7.5.3 installer
actually worked the way it was supposed to (more or less), and installed the
system on my 5300. This bit of ho hum absolutely floored me, since it is
the first according-to-expectations event on this machine in the week (at
maybe it would be better to stick with 7.5 even
though that system is supposed to be unstable on the 5300.
Yes, definitely. Even 8.1 would probably run like a slug with that little
RAM.
System 7.5.5 is probably best if you're going to be staying at System 7 for
a while.
I have an 8-meg RAM
Just to recap my miserable boring infuriating problems trying to reinstall
an operating system on my 5300: I wiped the drive and partitioned it. All
attempts to get a network going again so as to reinstall OS 8.5 from the CD
failed, so I bought a SCSI adapter to connect via SCSI disk mode.
This
So what to try next Is there any way to rescue this thing, or is it
destined to be a paperweight forever?
If it becomes a paperweight, then you, me, and everyone else on this list
has 'failed'. So lets start with the various options from the top... :-)
Suggestion 1.
Have you tried copying
Suggestion 3.
See if you can find a cheapo external SCSI CD drive... Don't know if it will
work, but MAYBE you can start up/install off that??
If the SCSI port is good, it works with no problem at all. When I upgraded
the hard drive in my 5300, I booted the machine from an OS 8 CD through an
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