Good advice. Michael's telling you, this is a Mac ... you don't have to reinvent the wheel and consult your long lost third cousin on your mothers side to get it up and running.
Apple put out a sales brochure a few years back showing, after averaging out the first years costs, how much cheaper it was to put Mac's into your office. All those IS services add up on 'Winders'. RHB ************** on 12/30/04 11:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Sean Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Will >> the OS 9.1 disk allow me to choose the new disk during the install process? > > Yes. The installer will ask where you want to install the OS, and let you know > whether there's enough space to install it on the selected HD. > >> Since I used a third party extension to format the disk and use it with this >> PTP225 will 9.1 say something like "you need version ?.? of Apple HD Setup >> to install this software". > > You'll get a disturbing looking dialogue box, immediately after one which > states that device drivers are being updated, which states that the Apple > drivers can't update the disk, and offer to let you quit the installation > process, or continue. Choose continue, and the installation should proceed > normally. > >> Anyone have any tips for how I'll go about this install when I get the disk? > > If the PTP CDROM player doesn't boot from the OS9 install disk (by holding > down > the 'C' key at startup, or the simultaneous combination > 'Command-Option-Shift-delete'), then boot from the floppy, and,if both the HD > and CD show up on the desktop, yer off and running. Installation will take > about the same time as making a decent sandwich and cracking open a Mountain > Dew. > > Cheers...Michael -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
