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Help getting System 7 on to Floppy with Windows
So after lots of searching around here I can't quite find the info I need...
I have recently acquired 2 Macs, one SE and one Color Classic. Both are stripped of an OS. I have one more SE that has a Superdrive and System 7.0.
I'd like to get System 7.5.3 installed on the SE that currently has no OS. I'd like to write the 7.5.3 images to floppy and load them on to the SE. I have downloaded the 19 part bin files from Apple for 7.5.3. But I can't for the life of me figure out what to do next. There's a lot of talk about moving them to a Apple HD and then grabbing a 7.5 network boot disk to load the image but I don't think I can do that with what I've got. I do have a SCSI CD ROM drive, also a Daynaport SCSI Ehternet device for the SE but I'm not sure that the 7.5 network boot disk would have drivers for those. I have been able to format 19 floppies with MacDisk on my PC just in case I can figure out how to get these to floppy.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I have recently acquired 2 Macs, one SE and one Color Classic. Both are stripped of an OS. I have one more SE that has a Superdrive and System 7.0.
I'd like to get System 7.5.3 installed on the SE that currently has no OS. I'd like to write the 7.5.3 images to floppy and load them on to the SE. I have downloaded the 19 part bin files from Apple for 7.5.3. But I can't for the life of me figure out what to do next. There's a lot of talk about moving them to a Apple HD and then grabbing a 7.5 network boot disk to load the image but I don't think I can do that with what I've got. I do have a SCSI CD ROM drive, also a Daynaport SCSI Ehternet device for the SE but I'm not sure that the 7.5 network boot disk would have drivers for those. I have been able to format 19 floppies with MacDisk on my PC just in case I can figure out how to get these to floppy.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
I don't know if Gamba's page on the subject was one of the places you've already visited, but in case not, it may be worth a look or three: http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/pc2mac.htmlSo after lots of searching around here I can't quite find the info I need...
I have not checked to see if the links are still working, but you've got a starting point, at least.
Good luck!
I recently used RaWrite for Windows (Freeware):
http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
To write a whole bunch of DSK & IMG mac disk images, including System installation disk images, to floppy on Windows XP and it worked quickly and flawlessly each time.
I found the best way to convert BIN files was with the latest version of StuffIt Expander for Windows (Freeware), it allows you to extract the IMG or DSK file inside the BIN to a given Windows folder.
http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
To write a whole bunch of DSK & IMG mac disk images, including System installation disk images, to floppy on Windows XP and it worked quickly and flawlessly each time.
I found the best way to convert BIN files was with the latest version of StuffIt Expander for Windows (Freeware), it allows you to extract the IMG or DSK file inside the BIN to a given Windows folder.
Does that one SE have a SuperDrive floppy or is it 800K? If it's SuperDrive, then you will save yourself half the battle; 800K floppies can be done, but you'll run into many brick walls, due to the capacity of the disks.
I agree with both Paralel and tomlee59. Both are highly recommended.
73s de Phreakout. :rambo:
I agree with both Paralel and tomlee59. Both are highly recommended.
73s de Phreakout. :rambo: