>Once in a while you actually read the "read me" but usually after an
>installation :) I just happen to read for installing OS 9.1 (not
>upgrading) that it says "Before installing Mac OS 9.1, do these
>tasks: If you are upgrading from Mac OS 8.5 or earlier, you cannot
>perform the installation unless you start up from Mac OS 8.5 or
>later." Does this mean you could not install OS 9.1 on a new hard
>drive? Of course, I am talking about having an OS 9.1 installation
>CD. I already have 9.1 installed but with Mac OS 9 installation CD
>and upgrading to OS 9.1. But with this OS 9.1 installation CD, I was
>just curious what this meant?
It means that the boot disk for the installation (the CD, the HD, a ZIP,
RAM DISK or one monster of a floppy) needs to be OS 8.5 or later. Since
the CD has OS 9.1 on it it will work.
What it applies to is a system that is running say OS 8.1 that boots off
the HD and then the OS 9.1 CD is mounted either from the CD or over the
network. This won't work. It's generally a good idea to boot from the CD
but in a few cases it's not possible, like when you don't have a CD drive.
Pretty much all Power Macs can run OS 9.1 and MOST have a CD but not all.
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