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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Powerbook 5300 Operating Systems | Posted by: Tugboat on 2018-08-25 21:58:20
So, in an attempt to revive my 5300ce I picked up a solid 5300c which I have made lead candidate for restoration (holding onto the working 5300ce logic board in case I need it in the future - if anyone out there wants to buy it, please make me an offer). I have partitioned the SSD into three partitions, all formatted with HFS. On one I have Mac OS 7.5.2, and on another i have Mac OS 8.1. My question is as to the third partition, hopefully named "Mac OS 8.6." Is it possible to format this single partition as HFS extended so that I can install Mac OS 8.6? Your thoughts greatly appreciated.
| Posted by: FacnyFreddy on 2018-09-28 23:00:55
I have 7.6 and 8.1 on my 5300cs and 5300ce and they run just fine.
As far as suggestions, I would look at 8.5, but, I think 8.6 will require 30+ MB of RAM to be of any use. I had it working on my 5300ce with a full 64MB and SSD and is "acceptable", but, nearly as snappy as 7.6.
Regards...
| Posted by: Tugboat on 2018-10-01 21:08:05
Thank you.
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