[rescue] Quadra 840av questions

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 01:42:25AM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > Hmm.  So, if I'm running MacOS 7.6, and I open images for installing
> > MacOS 7.0.1, is it going to be friendly with me?  All I can seem to
> > find is 7.0,
> 
> Sure.  So long as you have the correct version of Disk Copy to auto-mount
> the images.
> 
> You probably want to rename your System Folder beforehand, so that a new
> one is created with only System 7.0/7.5 software.

OK.  I give it  a shot then.
 
> > 6.x stuff, and I think I see something that allows me to upgrade to
> > 7.5.  I want either 7.5.x or 7.1.  I don't know which.  I know that
> > 7.1 will work, but I think 7.5.x might be better, if it would actuall
> > work.  The most important thing though is that I need Quicktime 2.0,
> > and I need to be able to talk over the ethernet to a file server.
> 
> You want to snag:
>    Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/*.bin
>    System_7.5.5_Update/Sys_7.5.5_Update-NetInstall.sea.bin
> 
> From the <really-long-url>/Macintosh/System folder on
> download.info.apple.com.

I'll do that this evening, if I get the network or CD-Rom working (see, I
don't actually have any working floppy drives in non-Mac machines at the 
moment.  Aren't I pathetic?).
 
> Install System 7.5.3, reboot, then install 7.5.5.  I don't see an update
> to 7.6.

That is fine because I've established that 7.6 is definately too new.

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Joshua D. Boyd