On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, SUNAGAWA Keiki wrote:

> "Dr. Bill Studenmund" <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> Bill> This is really only a problem for machines which won't
> Bill> run 7.0.1, as it is freely available from Apple.
> 
> Is it possible to install that system into hard drive
> without any MacOS machine?  Yes, for many of us it's no
> problem to use minimal MacOS and booter application or
> extension, but imagine the situation that there's a m68k
> Macintosh with some hard drive, no OS on it, and only
> available other OS.  (DOS/Windows, unix, etc.)
> 
> Or, Network Install Disk in Apple which contains 7.5.3 and
> Installer extended capability with FTP.

I'm not sure. Can PC's read 1.44 MB Mac (MFM-format) floppies? If so, then
someone somewhere in the world would need a mac to generate 1.44 MB
install floppies, then generate gzip'd images of those disks. Then you FTP
them to a MacOS-less place, make floppies, and you're set.

Take care,

Bill