on 4/21/02 10:50 PM, Andrew Keller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At 6:54 PM -0400 4/21/02, Wilton H. Shaw wrote:
>> Thanks Andrew for the information, but I'm a bit confused. I noticed
>> that if I click on the utility icon in the OS X's folder there is no Drive
>> setup button which I need to format. Also, when I click on the Install
>> button in the Xpostfacto window I can't operate the menu until the install
>> process is completed. When it is completed, I have just a few seconds to
>> check the menu-bar before the computer goes into the restart mode. None of
>> the menu items mention anything about Disk Utility. What am I missing?
>
> I can't remember the situation where I used the Disk Utility menu
> item. It could very well have been during a clean install on a newer
> supported Mac. This may not be possible during an Xpostfacto upgrade.
>
> There should, however, be a checkbox in the installation screens for
> a clean install of OS X. I wonder if this would be of any help.
>
> I'm sorry about the error. Even still, I think Disk Utility should be
> available during any install or upgrade.
>
> When you've tried everything, you might want to e-mail Ryan, the
> author of Xpostfacto. He has been very helpful to me in the past.
>
> _
> Andrew
Hi,
I took another shot at installing OS X. I reformatted my external drive
with the apple utility and this time when I went through the process with
Xpostfacto, the computer did not reboot into OS 9.1 but rebooted into a long
window of words. I don't know what was being said, but it was a lot.
Unfortunately, the computer stayed with the message and I had to reboot into
OS 9.1 to get going again. The external drive that I'm trying to install OS
X onto still has just two folders, one called "private" and one called
"system". Opening them gets me nowhere.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Wilton
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