On 2002/07/12 03:22, William Ahearn, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote:
>
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Can
>> I do that with 8.1,
>> and more to the point is there any reason why I
>> should not copy an 8.1
>> system folder created on a Power Mac onto a 68k?
>>
> Maybe you can with no problem. However, here's some
> problems that I would anticipate and would not be
> surprised if they occured. Since you're moving OS 8.1
> from a PPC powerbook, it is likely that the OS
> installer responded to the gestalt number and
> performed a powerbook-specific installation. It may
> have also installed a PowerMac-specific install.
> (Quark, for example, has this as an option.) So, code
> that a 68k Mac may need to use the OS may not be
> present. Do I know this for a fact? No. Do it. Tell
> us.
William may be right. It depends of what was installed on that
PPC-Powerbook.
Installing 8.0, followed by upgrading to 8.1, will give 2 options:
1) Easy install: Computer will install the computer-related version.
A so installed OS on a PPC will not work after copying on a 68K.
2) Special install: 3 more specified options:
a) Mac-OS for PPC. Possibly and probably installed on PPC-PB, but a copy
will not work on a 68K.
b) Mac-OS for 68K. Will simply not been accepted by the PPC-PB.
c) Mac-OS-Fat for both 68K and PPC. Only a system installed in this
option on the PPC-PB can work after copying on a 68K.
A few thoughts about the probability to find a Mac-OS on a PPC-PB of which
you can make a useable copy working on a 68K:
Forgetting a delivery-installed system, which will not work anyway.
Why to install full-fat? IMHO: Only if you have, let's say, an upgraded 68K
and want to be able to use the 68K or the PPC. So what's the chance that you
met a PPC-PB with that not-logical etc. version installed on??
My advise: Original Mac-OS 8.0 install CD's are available for dumpprices
(�US$ 5,-), so don't waste energy and time with that copy.
If still "hopeless" contact me OL.
HTH,
Joe
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