HI Bruce;
You, at least see the 'terminology' problem.
The problem has been created by Apple, and their inconsistency in usage
of words.
I just left out the 'upgrade' option. Otherwise, what you say is
exactly as I have been thinking.
The problem comes when people use terms from OS9 usage, not realizing
that the 'Labels' have changed when referring to 'X', and then they get
upset when those inconsistencies are pointed out in the name of clearer
understanding.
Chuck D.
On Friday, September 9, 2005, at 04:02 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Sep 9, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Charles Davis wrote:
I'm NOT that 'up to date' with OS9's installer. So I don't know for
certain. But they may be assuming that you are starting from a
'clean/new' condition when you choose 'install'.
That would be MY understanding. IF you have that situation, then the
'Install' and 'Clean Install' are one and the same. The difference in
my mind, is that a 'Clean Install' will probably FORCE you (or do it
for you) to 'delete everything'/reformat before it does the install.
Sigh. This is the wrong terminology. However you picture it in your
mind, we have to deal with how it works officially in the installer
interface:
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301270>
When you install OS X onto a system that has OS X on it already,
you're offered three options by the installer:
Erase and install: as it sounds, you reformat the drive, and install
the OS.
Upgrade: Upgrade the system in place.
Archive and Re-install: This is the equivalent of the old OS 9 'Clean
Install'. The System is replaced with a fresh one, but all the user
info is retained, so you don't have to recreate your user profile,.
reload all your music, pictures, etc.
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