On Monday, November 11, 2002 Amber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Is there any problem with installing OS 9 directly over OS 8.5 >>> without >>> installing the 8.6 upgrade first ? >> >> Just do a clean install, Amber > > Well..I zeroed out the data on the hard drive (for my Bondi Blue) and > then used the orange restore disk to install the basic software. I > can't download the 8.6 upgrade so was just wondering if I could just > use > my OS 9 retail CD and install it directly over 8.5 ?
Hey Amber, If you've actually "zeroed the data" you've erased your entire hard drive. This would have been unnecessary, for future reference. If you have actually erased your hard drive, and you have an OS 9 retail CD, you don't need to install OS 8.5, or anything else, beforehand (unless there are firmware problems I'm not aware of). Zeroing the data literally means that the utility writes a "0" in every disk sector, rendering the disc essentially unrecoverable (and therefore very securely erased). If you're initializing a disk for your own use there's no need to do this. Cheers, Rich -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
