Hi Joe, System 8 and subsequent were only available on CD-ROM. I think newest you can get on floppies is 7.5.3 or 7.5.5. You should be able to do the installation no problem with an external [Apple] SCSI CD-ROM. Might also work from a Localtalk share, if you have another Mac available? I don't know if I've ever tried that.
Best, Sean On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Joe Giliberti <starbas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings! > > I know that many of my posts to this list tend to be on the fringes of what > is normally discussed here. I apologize in advance if this is too new for > the group. > > I am trying to get my Powerbook 5300 up and running as a usable word > processor (with portable printer) for school and for email. It is currently > running System 7.5.2. The machine is capable of supporting MacOS 9.1, but > my goal is 8.6. I see them talking on lowendmac that upgrading the OS makes > the machine more solid, but it doesn't explain how to do it. The machine > only has a floppy drive and no networking. Were there any system 8.6 > install floppies? I can't think of another way to get it on there. > > TIA > Joe >
