rhale1
KU Mac Geek
My brother's got a Performa 6214CD we got from a university. It's nice for its time, (64 MB RAM, 1 GB HDD, I added an Ethernet card), but came with OS 9 on it, and I would rather it run in Mac OS 8.5 (I have an 8.5 install CD I purchased in the '90s) but I can't find the Installer CD, so I was going to try 7.5 or 7.6.
Regardless of what system I use, the CD will a) not boot or b) boot the Mac but not install or c) boot, install, but the Performa won't boot from the new system. I've wiped the drive, reset PRAM, etc. (as much as one can do w/o OpenFirmware) but still haven't gotten this baby to run anything but OS 9.
Is there any trick to this?
Regardless of what system I use, the CD will a) not boot or b) boot the Mac but not install or c) boot, install, but the Performa won't boot from the new system. I've wiped the drive, reset PRAM, etc. (as much as one can do w/o OpenFirmware) but still haven't gotten this baby to run anything but OS 9.
Is there any trick to this?