[Duo2400] 2300c Reinstall

[Larry Friedman]

If its an old enough OS you should be able to download it from Apple's 
site.

~ Larry

On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 03:00  PM, Doug Neff wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a Duo 2300c that I acquired a couple years ago, and am just now 
> starting to try using.  There is something wrong with it that I 
> suspect will require a reformat and full system reinstall.  Here's 
> what it does:
>
> The hard drive is constantly grinding, as though just staying awake 
> requires too much of its energy.  I can sloooooowly accomplish a very 
> few tasks just by clicking on one thing and waiting 2-3 minutes for 
> the machine to register the click, then making the next click.  I've 
> tried setting it to a base set of extensions, but no help.  I've tried 
> increasing virtual memory, no help.
>
> This has worked fine in the past.  I have done word-processing on it, 
> and some other basic things.
>
> The only new things I've done to it are add a DuoDock, Monitor, 
> keyboard, and mouse into the picture and also try installing some 
> Epson printer drivers for an old Epson photo printer.  That seems to 
> be the point at which it stopped working.
>
> I'm really okay doing a reformat, because I never really started with 
> a clean slate on this machine anyway.  However, I do not have any 
> system disks for it.  Since I have the dock, I can use floppies, but I 
> have no CD-Rom drive available.  I also have a G4 sitting next to it 
> that I can network via a crossover cable.  Can I install OS 8.5 from 
> my CD-Rom on the G4?  Is there a website or FAQ somewhere that can 
> give me step-by-step instructions for reformatting and reinstalling on 
> a Duo?
>
> I would be willing to pay someone (via Paypal or check or whatever) to 
> make me a set of floppy disks.
>
> Thanks for listening.  I'd appreciate any help you can give.
>
> -Doug Neff