According to Low End Mac, the 5500 uses 7.5.5 through 9.1 for system software. I found a 7.6 universal CD on eBay and bought it, intending to put that on the 5500 as one of the operating systems (the others being 8.6 and 9.1). I tried it out, and nothing...this computer doesn't support this or something to that effect.
I checked back on LEM, and followed the link to Apple's specs page, and it said under OS's: 7.5.5, 7.6.1, 8 blah-blah-blah, 9 blah-blah-blah.
NOT 7.6??!?
Was there something particular about the 5500 that it skipped 7.6?
Anyway, would one way to get around this be to put the hard drive into my 5400 (which apparently does take 7.6), install it there, update to 7.6.1, then put it back into the 5500?
Or, is there some way to make a disk image of the install CD, update that to 7.6.1, then install the whole thing onto the 5500? (This didn't seem too likely, so that's why I thought of the 5400 -> 5500 idea...)
I checked back on LEM, and followed the link to Apple's specs page, and it said under OS's: 7.5.5, 7.6.1, 8 blah-blah-blah, 9 blah-blah-blah.
NOT 7.6??!?
Was there something particular about the 5500 that it skipped 7.6?
Anyway, would one way to get around this be to put the hard drive into my 5400 (which apparently does take 7.6), install it there, update to 7.6.1, then put it back into the 5500?
Or, is there some way to make a disk image of the install CD, update that to 7.6.1, then install the whole thing onto the 5500? (This didn't seem too likely, so that's why I thought of the 5400 -> 5500 idea...)