No Mac OS CD - What Now?

[Greg]

Marc Stergionis wrote:

> At sometime around 1:18 PM -0600 on 6/17/02, Andrew McVinnie wrote thus:
>
>>  >> Actually, if you are just going to use the 7500 for YDL, you dont
>>
>>>>  really NEED Mac OS on it at all if you don't want it.
>>>
>>>
>>> According to YDL's web site, I do need it because the 7500 is an 
>>> "Old World"
>>> Mac.
>>>
>>>>  I think you
>>>>  can startup from the YDL CD and delete all the partitions and just
>>>>  make a nice large Linux Partition.  But you'd have to try, I've never
>>>>  done that.
>>>
>>>
>>> You mean I can format and partition my drive using YDL CD? I thought I
>>> needed the Mac OS Install CD for that.  Hmm....
>>
>>
>> Well, since your machine requires Mac OS to use YDL, you will need to
>> format with a Mac OS CD.  My suggestion was based only on the fact
>> thatyou were not going to have a Mac OS partition.  The YDL Cd can
>> not make a Mac partition that the Mac OS can see.  So you will infact
>> need a Mac OS CD of some sort.  Sorry my idea didnt help.
>
>
> I believe 7.5x is the latest free download from the Apple site. And it 
> takes a couple of "updates" to get from 7.5.1 to 7.5.5.
>
> However you'll be able to get by with a minimal install. Or even use 
> an old pre-8.5 DFA/Emergency disk to start up? Don't remember if the 
> DFA disk can be copied onto an HD and still start it up, but you might 
> try.
>
> Does the machine not have an OS on it now? Maybe you can copy the 
> System Folder onto something and then back onto its own small 
> partition if the drive is not partitioned yet?
>
> Alternatively, you should be able to get something like an OS 8.6 disk 
> pretty cheap on Ebay.
>
> -ms

The way I got around not having the cd was to install Yaller Dog on 
another hard disk.  I just installed Bootx on the Mac hard drive and did 
the install on the new one.  A 4.6 gig internal Seagate was around 
thirty bucks on e-bay.