Hello Mac-ians

[lovingboth]

Is there anything to watch out for when upgrading a 68k Mac (a Centris 610, as it happens) from the System 7.1 to 7.5.3 (the last free downloadable OS on apple.com as far as I can see) ?

Is it simply a matter of pointing it at the files and it'll all be fine or is there a risk of a Windows-style upgrade hell?

Comments

[barakta]

yeh good idea, hadn't thought about PRAM battery, easily replaceable it will take a 3.6 (I think, can check) V half AA size battery cost between 3 and 6 quid depending what brand you get.....

I have never seen any of the 68knixes, but probably ought to check them out since I now have a pile of small harddrives and only 1 working 68k mac ;/ these days....

system 8.1 is nice, 7.5.3 was a pile of pants, I'm glad I have managed to get the old powerbook 1400cs to get 8,1 on it (the 8.0 cd is fucked..... none of thenetworking stuff will install properly so u have to install stuff in batched... makes a standard install look easy and fun ;) )

If I was to go for a 68nix, which would you recommend, I tried to get Yellowdog on the G4 but that failed miserably, probly cos I'm not yet up on my linux.... I'm installing OSX when I have 5 mins ;))))) and am going to use Red Hat on my pc too ;)

Laterz
Natalya - off to be killed by 2 hrs of audio...

[aegidian]

I think OpenBSD has a 68k build.

68K nixen

[aegidian]

http://www.openbsd.org/30.html

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/

http://www.mklinux.org/

http://www.uk.debian.org/ports/m68k/