Terry & Claire Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My iMac DV 400 (1 GB RAM) has 9.2.2. My external firewire HD has a Jaguar > partition, a 9.2.2 back-up partition, a "rarely-used 9.2.2 files" partition, > an iMovie partition, and two empty partitions. I haven't gotten brave > enough to switch the iMac to X, although I want to. I am afraid to do a > clean install, and then find out I can't use PageMaker 5 on 9.2.2 because of > something I did wrong. (I can't afford to miss printing deadlines.) > Because 9.2.2 is still my main OS, I don't understand how Classic on Jaguar > is different from just starting up in 9.2.2.
If most of your activity is in using 9.2.2 applications, continue to start up there. Classic in Jag, or Panther for that matter, is useful when you do most of your activity in OS X, but occasionally have to work with the old 9.2.2 applications and files. While working in OS X, and you select a 9.2.2 app or file, your OS X keeps running and it opens enough OS 9.2.2 software to run your 9.2.2 apps. This process is faster than restarting from OS X to OS 9.2.2, but the 9.2.2 apps may run a bit slower than if your restart with OS 9.2.2 itself. > > I don't think I even need to keep Jaguar if I buy and install Panther. I > want 9.2.2 and Panther. I want to clean off the internal HD and clean > install whatever I should load. Can you guys give me a play-by-play on what > to do? I am interested in this question because I have a similar situation. Multiple partitions on two hard drives. I still use 9.2.2. I played with OS X through 10.1.3 I think. Now, I intend to install Panther and play with that for a while before making it the prime OS. Claire, I think you should go slow and easy. I hope the experts here chime in. I don't know the detailed steps, but here is the general idea. For now, don't touch your internal hard drive, where I assume you have your 9.2.2 and your production files and applications. Whatever you do with Jaguar or Panther on the external drive will not threaten your old PageMaker. If your Jaguar partition on the external drive is sized large enough to hold Panther, just use the Panther install process to reformat that partition, removing all traces of Jaguar. You use the Erase and Install option. Or first check out OSX Disk Utility. Make sure there is nothing on that partition that you need to copy over to your backup partition. This is not exactly the same as "clean install" which is what you do without reformatting the partition with the Archive and Install option. You would use this option if you want to save settings and permissions info and other stuff like mail from your Jaguar but want to completely replace the old system folder. Hope this helps, -- Al Poulin -- 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:[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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
