Lots of questions about PowerBook 5300

Hello.
everybody knows that Apple computers are the best machines.
At home i've got an iMac 21' and old PowerBook 5300.
i've got some problems with the last one.
First - when i turn on it i see a smiling Mac, but after Mac is sad and there is two mistakes (i think so) 0000000F and 00007FFF.
i try to install a sistem on it mac os 7.5. but have some problms with it.
i find it here http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.5_Version_7.5.3/ but what to do with it i can't understand, even using some topics on apple site.
on the Mac's HDD i found folders with images of 7.5 but i dont know how o make a flopy disc of it.
I really want to regenerate him and i hope you can help to me with this problems.

Because the PowerBook 5300 does not have a CD-ROM drive, it can be more difficult to install the system software on the hard drive. With only a floppy drive, you need to find a Mac OS installer on floppy disks having the capability to boot the computer. Unlike an Apple retail boxed OS 7.5.3 installer set on floppy disks which can boot the computer while you install the software, the 19-part Mac OS 7.5.3 download that you found is used to create 19 floppy disks to install the OS, but it cannot boot the computer. Each of the 19 segments will fit on a Mac-formatted 1.44 MB floppy disk, and then you insert each of the floppy disks to copy all segments to the computer's hard drive. Double-clicking the 1st partial file segment will create a folder with the Mac installer program, but while you are doing this, the hard drive must already have a working OS installed on it, to run the computer. I don't know where you live, but you might check for a Mac User Group in your area and see if they have an older Mac OS installer set on floppy disks. The PowerBook 5300 can also run OS 7.5.5, 7.6, or 7.6.1, any of which do not require a lot of installed memory to run.

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Alternatively, the At Ease-IDE Utility Disk here could possibly be of interest to you.
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