Installing System 7.1-7.6 without a CD-ROM — #7

Post #7 by aphetica

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Networking
Post Date	Thu, 17 Apr 2008 - 22:51
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/installing-system-7-1-7-6-without-a-cd-rom.12858/

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You cannot read a System onto the HDD via microphone.
Thus, if you now possess System 7.1 on floppies, install 7.1 from those floppies onto the HDD, and then boot the PB from the HDD, thereafter you can use the FDD to transfer a complete 7.5.3 to a single folder on the desktop, and install 7.5.3 from that folder. What 'other' is needed?

Well, yeah. I hope you were being sarcastic about the microphone thing.

Also; Yes, I have system 7.1 on floppies and could simply install it the easy way- But what I'm asking about is whether or not I can install anything onto a blank drive via ethernet or appletalk, which I believe you are implying isn't possible with a only a blank drive/network access floppy. Right?