Writing MAC disk images on a PC

[protoss_chaos]

i need to install mac OS 7.5.3 on a powerbook (5300CS) that someone gave me. From what i understand, if i boot it with the disk in it, it will start the installer, is this true?

I downloaded the 19 images off of apple, but now i need to know, can i make the images on PC disks from my PC, and install MacOS from that?

TIA

[PureLogic]

First of all it's "a Mac" not "a MAC". And it depends in what format the files are, but most of the time image files burned on a PC will work on a Mac the right way (at least the images I burned via Windows, maybe it was pure luck).

[protoss_chaos]

like i said, i have never used mac exstensively, and personally, i am not a big fan.

but anyway, the images are floppy images, no cd images. I can write them to a floppy with no problem, my question is will the macOS install itself if i boot off the disk, and will it work if it is a PC disk?

[Pilsbury]

I have used HfsUtils to write them under Windows before.

http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f96-bet/hfsutils/

You boot from the first disk and run the installer from there.Make sure you install the update to 7.5.5 as well

[protoss_chaos]

I have used HfsUtils to write them under Windows before.

http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f96-bet/hfsutils/

You boot from the first disk and run the installer from there.Make sure you install the update to 7.5.5 as well

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thank you for your help, i am most appreciative.

What benefits would 7.5.5 offer?

[Pilsbury]

It's basically just an update for MacOS7.5 that offers more stability and is better suited to PowerPC machines.

I would recommend you pick up MacOS8.6 as it is pure PPC code, as opposed to mixed 68k / PPC and will run more modern apps (a lot of classic apps require 8.6 or higher). I've seen it on eBay for $10 - $20

[protoss_chaos]

i would, but like i said this is a powerbook 5300cs, and 8.6 would push it to hard i have heard.. I heard that 8.1 is a fair trade off of features and performance... Is 8.1 all PowerPC code? That would be nice.

[Pilsbury]

8.1 is still mixed code.

8.6 should run fine on a 5300 provided it has enough memory. (32MB)

[protoss_chaos]

kool, i will do that then... thanx alot.

[insanekiwi]

if its .dmg rename it to .iso then burn it.

[Pilsbury]

Well done in not reading the thread...