Thanks for your comments Jim. (Jim: "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.")
There are two stated methods for using the updater in the Read Me: (1) by starting from a CD (with 9 on it? It does not say! Leaving me confused because I want to know if the CD can be say 8.5 or 8.6 as long as the HD it is being installed on has 9), (2) by starting from a HD. With 9 on it? Again, it does not say and I want to know if the HD can be say 8.5 or 8.6 as long as the HD it is being installed on has 9) What is the updater looking for? What is going on here? Anyone know? (Jim: "You can set how you want to access the function keys in the keyboard control panel.") Perhaps I did not explain things well: the system kicks in to ask me to set the function key when I use function keys in PS (in which these keys are already assigned to macros). Sure, I can easily assign function keys outside PS to do simple things but not the things I want and have done under 8.6 and 9.0.4 in PS. Anyone use PS, actions (sort of PS internal macros) and have function keys as key commands for these and use 9.1? Methinks, 9.1 is rather different to 8.6 and 9.0.4 david_elmo > Subject: Using the 9.1 updater ... > From: David Elmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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? > > (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. > > Am reluctant to use just yet the updater on a 9.0.4 HD on my 7600 where I do > work for a living and which works so sweetly. Still, I will want to update > when I find out a bit more. > > There are many other little things ... let me just mention another: > > (3) Why does a notice come up after start up on the 9.1 saying that my > Quicktime did not load because it is out of date when it was perfectly good > before (5. something)? > > > Appreciate any advice ... > > david_elmo -- 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
