At 05:52 AM 10/18/2004, Tom Ethen, had this to say : >I am new to this thread, but I am running OS 8.6 on my 2300c and it works >just fine. The question was not if 8.1 would run it was if the install CD would allow 8.1 to be installed. Some Apple restore CDs will only restore/install onto the system they are made for. Sincerely, R. McFarlane cross platform specialist Mac - Linux - windows McFarlane Computing on-site/remote tutorials, support & training (phone) 391-8972 (fax) 391-8972 (pager) 413-8577 (email) techie @ mcfarlanecomputing . net