on 03/02/03 23:54, Andre Ruegg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have just received an iBook 800 with 640 MB of ram that I had purchased on > eBay. I have been running OS X 10.2.3 on the iMac from an external firewire > drive. The iBook OS install disks install OS X 10.2.1. > > What is the best way for me to upgrade to 10.2.3 and transfer my > applications and preferences to the iBook? Are there iBook specific help > files, etc. installed on the iBook that I will lose if I simply copy system > 10.2.3 from the external drive to the iBook? Anything else I should know > about?
You shouldn't try to copy your OS X installation. A simple Finder copy won't do it since there are files and folders for which you don't have read permission. Try to use Carbon Copy Cloner. If I was you, I would just re-install OS X from the disk you have. It's then easy to upgrade to 10.2.3. Then, you can look in your home directory, in Library/Preferences. That's where most of the preference files are kept. You can usually just Finder copy the apps you want to keep. There might be other things, however, that could be left out, like stuff in the /Library directory, but not knowing what you did exactly install, it's hard to tell. In any case, that stuff is most likely accessible from the Internet, so if you find you're missing something, you could always download it again. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] finger-pointing syndrome n.: All-too-frequent result of bugs, esp. in new or experimental configurations. The hardware vendor points a finger at the software. The software vendor points a finger at the hardware. All the poor users get is the finger. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
