> So, I deserve to be whacked over the head. Now that we've got that out of > the way, I'm hoping for some help, not derision. > > > I was experiencing some trouble with my PCI Mac last week. OS 9.0.4 was > giving me all sorts of little problems. So I decided to upgrade to 9.1. > > Now, I didn't have an OS 9.1 upgrade CD, install disk, or even the online > download for upgrade purposes. What I had was a working OS 9.1 system on > another hard drive, an external one. So I just copied the Finder, System, > and a whole mess of extensions and control panels. > > And my computer worked just fine! The old problem went away. It became a > much more stable system. >
why not back up everything you need, move it, and then copy the whole 9.1 system folder? you can move preference files & any control panels or extensions that are unique & necessary to PCI 9.0.4 ... put them in a dif't folder on the hard drive, copy the 9.1 system folder, & then put stuff back, or best of all, install software you need fresh from the original sources (CDs, floppies, etc.) but surely, you don't just copy stuff hither & yon to cobble a new system together from the wreckage... names change, functions coincide & collide... & probably something was fucked up there somewhere, somehow, "thewe's something scwewy awound heah..." i've had a perfect record of copying whole startup disks from one disk to another (os9.1, at least), for just the cost of time & space to move them & a change in the startup disk control panel. am i wrong, or did this not work with os8? can't remember, but it seems supercool, so i suspect it's dif't). indeed, 9.1 is truly great (i used 9 & 9.2, hated them, thought all was awful in this sloppy, slow new world, but then miraculously got myself 9.1, & the love is back!) -- 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
