Upgrading OS on Powerbook 190 Series

I downloaded the network install files for 7.53, 7.55 and 7.55rev2 using my MAC. I burned them to a CD using my MAC then went on my PC CD drive and transferred the install files to a PC card with CF memory. I took that PC card in the Powerbook 190 and it mounted fine. Now all my icons are "PC" labeled. I remember this but I do not remember the fix for it and how I get the install file to run on my 190 so I can use the installers. Was there not a program that fixed this issue called Maclink or something? I just need the install files to execute on the System 7.51 Powerbook 190 so I can upgrade it to System 7.77 rev2. Thanks.
-=SunnaH=-

SunnaH,
Normally, keep any downloaded Mac program files in the original encoded format, be it MacBinary (.bin) or BinHex (.hqx), until they arrive on the PB 190. Then, but first then, decode (and decompress) them using StuffIt Expander for Macintosh. This is especially important if the chain involves a PC. The file names on the PC may become truncated, but this should not affect anything (provided that you are not trying to decode or decompress on the PC).
A CompactFlash memory card (and a PC Card adapter for CF in the PB 190) is a good way of transferring files. The CF card is usually PC formatted from the beginning; this is (of course) the correct format if you want to download on (or transfer via) a PC.
For the future, it would also be a good idea to have another CF card, reformatted for Mac (do this in the PB 190). You could even install an operating system on that Mac-formatted CF card. This would allow you to start the PB 190 from the CF card (and run the computer quietly; the hard drive can be switched off by dragging it to the Trash).
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