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Hello everyone,
I have a PowerBook 145b with System 7 in German, and I would like to reinstall it in French. Unfortunately, I don't have the official installation floppy disks.
However, I have an external USB floppy drive and 3.5" floppy disks with a capacity of 1.4 Mb. Could someone tell me how to create new installation diskettes and how to install System 7 in French?
Thank you for your help.
Best regards,
Tolga
Hello Tolga,
As mentioned in my previous message, System 7.1 was the original for the PowerBook 145B and would be the first supported version.
However, an old Version Matrix, System 6.0.x to 7.0.1 from Apple appears to indicate that even the earlier System 7.0.1 may work (but not a plain System 7 = 7.0), but that should be looked upon as an experiment.
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/French/Macintosh/System/Full_Installs/System_7.0.1/ (the link is not directly accessible any more).
The supported versions in the technical specifications for the PowerBook 145B above are:
7.1
7.5
7.1.1 (Pro)
7.5.1
7.5.3
7.5.5
7.6
7.6.1
I do not know anything about the files that you mentioned.
Normally, a system software download from Apple would have been encoded in a MacBinary format (.bin) for protection.
Generally speaking, one would use an appropriate version of StuffIt Expander (such as 4.0.1) for the decoding, but only when the .bin file has been transferred to the old Macintosh computer (which must already have a working operating system). Do not decode or decompress on a modern computer (Mac or PC). Any downloaded .bin file must be transferred unaltered to the old Macintosh.
The transfer of the .bin file from a modern computer could take place on a PC-formatted 1.44 MB floppy, provided that the receiving old Mac (such as a PowerBook 145B) has a File Exchange utility or PC Exchange. Otherwise, the transfer would have to be done on a Mac-formatted 1.44 MB floppy (plain HFS, not HFS+).
Once decoded (and possibly decompressed) via StuffIt Expander on the old Mac, the resulting files may be in an image format. In order to create bootable floppies from .image files on the old Macintosh computer, a Disk Copy 4.2 utility can be used (the Make A Copy button).
Later .img files require Disk Copy 6.3.3 (the Make a Floppy command).
Disk Copy 6.3.3: Document and Software
There are also self-mounting image files (.smi), sometimes with several parts (.part).
Nothing appears unfortunately. I am copying all 19 parts and will try to start the installation.
4MB and in total 8MB of ram
and I copied all files. I have 15MB free
I pressed shift + command + K and now it’s preparing the installation.
Now we must pray haha
I will update you
Good luck!
With a new system folder it will be easier to throw away everything old on the hard disk (including the old system folder).
Yes, please post back with an update.
Okay the installation is done but I have my old files. I deleted manually so I don’t know if it’s a real clean install or not
Try starting from the NAD floppy with HD SC Setup while holding down the four keys Command(Apple) + Option(Alt) + Shift + Delete(Backspace). Any change?
i have a message if i want to rebuild the desktop files on the NAD
Yes I can. What utility i have to use ?
Since there is very little space for a utility on a bootable floppy like that, I will have to carry out a few tests. Will post back within a couple of hours.
Okay thank you so much. If we can restore this machine it will be nice :)
I will wait
Nothing... No SCSI drive is detected
Was that with the System 7.0.1 tools disk? If so, the disk worked as a startup disk. Correct?
Yes it was and i can boot from the disk tools 7.0.1
I don't understand what is it ? What I supposed to do?
The power is good and the battery wasn't installed.
After opened the PB, what should i do to do?
Install System 7 on PowerBook 145b
