At 1:14 PM +1000 on 8/20/03, David Elmo wrote: >I got the 9.1 updater downloaded from Apple, ran it as a test on a hard disk >on which I have 9.0.4 this way: I started on another hard disk on the 7300 >(G3 XLR-8 334 MHz 350+ RAM) which had a perfectly good 8.6. I selected Base >All for exts and restarted and then installed the 9.1 update on the other >internal HD which had 9.0.4). Took longer than the 12 min it started to >claim. Even seemed stuck for a while. I hit the enter key a few times - and >it continued on! (No, I don't particularly think there was a connection; >just looked like it). I restarted on the relevant HD and it was 9.1 > >My questions: > >(1) Is this the correct procedure when not starting from a CD?
Essentially, yes. However, it looks as though you set the extensions on the 8.6 drive and then updated the 9.0.4 drive. Maybe that's why it took longer than expected. >(2) When I came to use Photoshop on which I have various actions previously >recorded and associated with various function buttons (eg. I usually hit F1 >to bring up the resize dialog box, a commonly used feature). But now a >notice comes up to assign the function keys - it is a system function, not >to do with PS. I tried in vain reassigning keys to actions in PS - this time >by (what a nuisance) using option+command+F1 in case F1 on its own is >somehow reserved for use by the OS 9.1 system (after filling in ITS dialog >box). No go. The box still comes up inviting me to assign things to function >keys! And simple system things only - nothing to do with PS - like open an >app. You can set how you want to access the function keys in the keyboard control panel. jim -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
