[Duo2400] No software at all!

[David Cohen]

You need a floppy drive, a Network Boot Disk, a PCMCIA ethernet adapter 
(non card bus to be on the safe side).

When I wanted to do this, I bought a SCSI external hard disk and 
appropriate cable off eBay for not very much money. I asked the vendor to 
install an OS9 system folder and a copy of the OS9 install image onto it 
for me. The Powerbook boots from the external hard disk, and I can prep the 
internal drive and install a fresh OS image.

David Cohen.


At 19:55 09/05/2004, you wrote:
>I have a problem, and please forgive me if this is a FAQ -- I searched the 
>archives without much success.  A friend recently gave me a PB 2400c that 
>had belonged to her deceased boyfriend.  It came with the power supply, 
>and that's IT.  ALL the software was wiped, including the system software, 
>so there're no screen drivers & the thing doesn't boot at all to speak of 
>(I get the boot chord, a lot of mysterious whirring and disc-reading 
>noises, and then nada).  No peripherals at all, either.  Is there any way 
>for me to network the PB to my blue&white G3 (running OS X 10.3.3, FYI) 
>and shove system software down the pipeline at it from the G3?  What other 
>options might I try?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>         - LA
>
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David Cohen
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