Re: System disks for Apple //gs or Localtalk boot?

[apple2pd@garp3.icaen.uiowa.edu (ground.ecn AppleII Librarian)]

In article <399B455B.701E292D@pacbell.net>, doug  <---@pacbell.net> wrote:
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>"ground.ecn AppleII Librarian" wrote:
>> Centris won't boot from System 7.0.  What is the most recent version of
>> MacOS which supports AppleShare 3.0.3?  I am pretty sure MacOS 8 and up
>> won't run AppleShare3, but will 7.5.5 or 7.6.1?  Will 7.1 boot on a
>> Centris?  I am not a MacOS guru, obviously ;-)
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>I'd put 7.1.1 on the centris, it's out there if you look for it. System
>7.1 is a little easier to find and pretty much the same. Don't bother
>with 7.5+ if you are going to use the centris as a server, i personally
>don't like running it on anything less than power pc. It is too full of
>things you don't really use that will slow it down. If you want some
>newer features found in 7.5+ install desktop printing from apple. It
>updates your finder (7.5), adds drag and drop, clipping, and desktop
>printing of course.
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Doug, thanks for info.  I'm fighting the chicken/egg problem still. I have
some old harddrives with System 7.0.1, 7.1, and 7.5.5 on them.  Only the
7.5.5 hd will boot on the Centris 650, but they all boot on a MacLC.  So,
MacOS 7.0x and 7.1 will not boot on the 650.  I don't have 7.1.1.  When I
install the 7.1 HD (80 Meg) the only boot disk I have yet is a 7.6 CD
which doens't allow me to connect to a network to grab 7.5.x files.

1) I need to install 7.6 first, then install 7.1.1 if I can find it, or
install 7.5.3/7.5.5 update.  I love down-grading ;-)

2) Or else I need to find an external drive to use to hold a drive so I
can boot 7.5.5 drive (40Meg), and create a 7.1.1/7.5.3 system on the
current 7.1 drive.

Option 1 has the advantage that I don't need to find hardware to mount two
harddrives simultaneously.

What do suggest for installing a bootable OS on the harddrive?

  --Steve

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 --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)