Re: Macintosh problems not junk please read i need help from another comp user !

[lrutledge <lrutledge@fairfield.lib.oh.us>]

lrutledge wrote:
> Christian T. Steigies wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 03:19:21PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> >
> > > Am 11:16 2003-04-17 -0400 hat Christian T. Steigies geschrieben:
> > >
> > > The QUestion is, how do I get the 17 Files onto the Floppys ?
> > >
> > > With 'dd' ???
> >
> >
> >
> > I never did this, I had a working system on my harddisk, copied all the
> > floppies onto it, and installed with this onto a fresh harddisk (lots of
> > trouble formatting a non-mac harddisk and emulator fun deleted). But 
> > while I
> > was looking for info on this, I found a lot of nice webpages, mostly
> > emulator related, but still very useful for a mac newbie. Like this:
> >
> > http://mes.emuunlim.com/macemu/basilisk2/basilisk2help/step3_floppy.htm
> >
> > You can access hqx files from Linux, but I don't know if it is 
> > possible to
> > write to a mac floppy from linux, never tried. You can however write 
> > to the
> > mac harddisk (once it is formatted for the mac?), this saved my life many
> > times.
> >
> > Christian
>
> That is a very helpful link, I had the chicken-and-egg problem myself 
> with my Quadra.
>
> If that doesn't work you may be able to rawrite or dd a boot disk image. 
>  If you need an image and you ask nice I could do that over the weekend.
>
> The problem I had was that I had a Helen Keller Mac that could not 
> communicate with the rest of the world, and you have to at least install 
> deBinHex to install Debian.  I had OS 7.1.  I ended up using Mac-ette 
> under DOS on a PC to copy files to mac disk format.
>
> http://www.mirror.ac.uk/collections/hensa-micros/local/mac/diskmanager/macette-30.hqx 
>
>
> That is not necessary under OS 7.5, it will read DOS floppies.
>
> Then I copied the necessary files onto my Mac and installed away.
>
> I also used Fetch ftp program once I had set up System 7.5 and had 
> TCP/IP working through my NIC.  I had to use my roommate's XP box as a 
> gateway using WinRoute.
>
> http://getfetch4.com/Fetch_3.0.3_Installer.hqx
>
> Fetch is only good for 30 days, so I started using Netscape for 
> downloading and browsing etcetera.  I stuck a copy of Netscape 2.02 on 
> my web server.
>
> http://www.fairfield.lib.oh.us/scratch/Netscape2.02Installer.hqx
>
> Or you can peruse 'ftp.netscape.com'.  I usually use 4.03(?) I think, 
> 2.02 was real unstable.
>
> Everything you want to know about old Macs.
>
> http://www.jagshouse.com/
>
> I'm having lots of trouble with Debian on my Mac, the system locks up 
> when trying to install anything from CD.  I understand the problem is my 
> particular SCSI driver (Quadra 610) has disconnect issues, and no DMA. 
> But I did get it installed and networking works.
>
> NetBSD and OpenBSD also run on the old Macs if your hardware isn't 
> supported well under Linux.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Lincoln

Here's a howto on making a boot disk for a Mac on a PC...

http://www.jagshouse.com/bootdisc.html

Lincoln