easy way to install MacOS 8.1 on 520c?

[Carboy7]

Since 8.1 only came on CD, how would you give it to the floppy-disk loading PB520c?

KIM that I have an HDI-30 to SCSI adapter, so getting a cd drive would be a good option.

Just think of ideas. Any and all are encouraged! Although I might not actually go with that option. (or any... I'm broke.)

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Yeah. External CD-ROM is the most logical option.

 

[just.in.time]

If you happen to have an external Zip drive and another machine with both CD-ROM and Zip drive you could try to make an installation Zip disk.  Not sure how big the installation tome files are.

Also, if you happen to be lucky enough to have the card cage adapter, you can copy the cd to an appropriate size SD or CF card and use that with a PCMCIA card.

Or SCSI external CD-ROM drive of course.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

The other option, if your SCSI adapter has a "SCSI Disk Mode" switch, and you have a MacOS 8.1-compatible Mac with SCSI and a CD-ROM drive, you could use the PowerBook in SCSI Disk Mode and do the actual install on the other Mac, using the PowerBook as the "target" for install.

 

[Carboy7]

The other option, if your SCSI adapter has a "SCSI Disk Mode" switch, and you have a MacOS 8.1-compatible Mac with SCSI and a CD-ROM drive, you could use the PowerBook in SCSI Disk Mode and do the actual install on the other Mac, using the PowerBook as the "target" for install.

Honestly, I was actually thinking of doing that with my PowerBook G3 but my adapter doesn't have a switch to disk mode. All it says is "HDI - SCSI Adapter" and on the back, it says "HDI SCSI/DOCK Adapter". xx(