on 29/07/02 21:10, Gregory Cortelyou at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 7/29/02 8:33 PM, "Paul McGaffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Richard >> >> I suggest you reinstall 10.1, enter account name as "root" or >> "administrator" when your Mac restarts automatically, then do the >> upgrade to 10.1.3 EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED before you install anything >> else. Any slight deviation from what OSX expects is a fault (think of >> it as part of OSX bootcamp). If you can, reformat before reinstall - >> only on a partition #1 of LESS than 8 Gig. >> >> Good luck, Paul > > Why on a smaller than 8 gig partition?
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