To Peter, Adrian, Paul and John:
Thanks for your tips. I didn't find a 9600 manual at LEM though I HAD read the upgrade info before. I'm going to try the OS upgrade (from a complete iMac software install CD purchased from OWC) and see how that goes. According to the Charles Moore article at http://lowendmac.com/misc/04/1213.html I can go directly from 8.6 to 9.1 without trying to find 9.0. Any opinions on that?
Also, now that I'm looking at the Lite-On CD/R, I'm not sure it will actually fit in the 9600. It seems too small. I'll have to call OWC about that -- they told me it would work. Hmmmmmmmm!
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The OS 9.1 iMac disk should work great for you. That is what my 9600 installed from. it is more stable than prior installs. And your upgrades machine has the RAM to handle the OS overhead.
And yes, straight to 9.1 is the way to go.
Re: the Lite-On . This is the first time I ever heard a 9600 referred to as too small. My friends think the case size is monstrous! Isn't the Lite-On a standard size drive ?
And RE: the PTPro200 in the other post. Simply doing a preliminary install decision could not have damaged the hardware oth the PTP. Something else happened. A PRAM or NVRAM write operation so the boot OS didn't recognize the hardware or some such. Or a coincidental loose card or cpu. Something !
There are only simple explanations. Install disks don't go around damaging hardware!
-- Adrian
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