problems booting 7.5.3 — #3

Post #3 by Andrevas

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Tue, 20 Oct 2009 - 04:00
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/problems-booting-7-5-3.18828/

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It sounds to me that you will eventually need to reinstall a system, or at least update to a later one via a Clean Install.
However, if I understand you correctly, you want to get some personal files (video clips etc.) off of the drive before going any further, so as to be safe and make sure that you preserve them (though frankly, a simple Clean Install without drive reformat should not hurt them at all).

If so, do you have another old Mac around that could be used to create a new boot floppy, and to which the 520c could be networked via ethernet or localtalk? You need the Network Access Disk image (search, it's there), and to create a floppy from it.

Boot the 520c from the Network Access Disk (floppy), connect to the other machine over AppleTalk, and backup the whole drive or those files you want before proceeding further. The Network Access Disk runs a cut-down version of System 7.5, with the requisite network extensions for connecting to an AppleShare volume. This is, among other things, useful for doing a software installation to the hard drive of the machine you are working on, without needing to create a bazillion actual floppies. It is arguably the single most useful floppy disk to have around if working with machines from approximately the 1988-96 era.

Saw your other post. My interest begins to wane with the G3s too, and a 9600 would be ... perfection.

Does this sound like a plan?

reinstall yes, after swapping disks from the 520 to a 540c. my 520c works great with 7.6.1

I am using the Network Access disk to boot the 520. is there another way to successfully restore bootability off the hard disk to the 520 without reinstall?

also, the reason I was installing Open Transport was due to some funky PPP crap I couldn't decipher to get the 520 on my network. can you give me some pointers on getting the 520 online using the network access disk? the machine has Fetch FTP installed so I can offload files with that method (what I've been doing with the 520c right now). if not I will have to wait until I see what I get at UCSB Surplus tomorrow since I only have one AAUI transponder and nothing else to get the two working PBs networked together.

I <3 UCSB Surplus. my friend picked up a 400MHz G4 plus big ass Apple CRT for 40 bucks in working condition, using it for internet duties in his barn.