To update this thread, I just installed System 7.0.1 on my SE/30. (If I had only known it took up 2.8MB I could have done it much, much earlier...) I just installed it on the RAM Disk and copied the stuff over to the HDD once it was done.
I was able to mount my 10.2.8 iBook to the desktop with just the stock, basic install of:
• System Software for the SE/30
• EtherTalk Software
• File Sharing Software
...and that's all. Given that it mounts with 10.2.8 it should also work with 10.3 Panther, and definitely with 9.2.2. With 10.4.0, the computer doesn't even show up in Chooser. So I started Fetch 2.1.2, but found out that it needs VAS ( :?: ) or MacTCP. So when I have more time around I'll throw on MacTCP 2.1 and fiddle with it to see if FTP is the only way to connect to 10.3 (possibly) or higher.
This also reminds me, I was graciously sent a 250MB HDD to swap out my 40MB (which also has deterioration of the spindle bearings) so I wanted to copy over the 7.5.5 stuff I had left on the 40MB. Turns out the SE/30 would get the "Connection has unexpectedly broken" in Chooser, and this was through a router.
So if you have troubles like that, and a restart doesn't fix your issues, consider a crossover cable. Now it just works dandy (and through the router the 10.4.0 computer couldn't find the SE/30).
I was able to mount my 10.2.8 iBook to the desktop with just the stock, basic install of:
• System Software for the SE/30
• EtherTalk Software
• File Sharing Software
...and that's all. Given that it mounts with 10.2.8 it should also work with 10.3 Panther, and definitely with 9.2.2. With 10.4.0, the computer doesn't even show up in Chooser. So I started Fetch 2.1.2, but found out that it needs VAS ( :?: ) or MacTCP. So when I have more time around I'll throw on MacTCP 2.1 and fiddle with it to see if FTP is the only way to connect to 10.3 (possibly) or higher.
This also reminds me, I was graciously sent a 250MB HDD to swap out my 40MB (which also has deterioration of the spindle bearings) so I wanted to copy over the 7.5.5 stuff I had left on the 40MB. Turns out the SE/30 would get the "Connection has unexpectedly broken" in Chooser, and this was through a router.
So if you have troubles like that, and a restart doesn't fix your issues, consider a crossover cable. Now it just works dandy (and through the router the 10.4.0 computer couldn't find the SE/30).