My StarMax that I gave to my son is running OS 9.1. At the time (and now) I understand that's as far as it goes. It is running fine; he prints, connects to the internet, etc. OS 9.2 was designed to ease the transition to OS X, I don't know the specifics of what that means but that is the word from Apple. If you get OS 9.1 on and it is fine, then don't worry about it. I have heard people talk about 9.2 being more stable but that makes no sense to me, I think it's probably extension conflicts. With any older Mac like the StarMax, I heartily suggest that once you get the OS installed, you spend some time in the Extensions Manager and turn off the things you don't need, there will be many. It will start and run faster and the system will use less precious RAM. As far as installing an OS from an iMac CD if that's how I read it, I doubt very much that will work. George
Jim Young wrote: > Well, > Momentarily, I figured I'd be back to "lurking" on the List. > But, as I was reading through the daily digest, I saw the question > about upgrading to from OS 8 to 9. It was exactly what I was doing > over last evening. I went to the Apple site to get the upgrade freom > OS 8 to 9.1 and then 9.2.1. The upgrade to 9.1 was uneventful but > trying to go the final step to 9.2.1 was unsuccessful. I kept > getting the error message that this version could not operate on this > machine, check your documentation......kind of odd since the previous > upgrade installed without incident. Anyone have any suggestions? > As I mentioned earlier, this "gift machine" is replacing a > 6600 Mac from a few years ago. He'll be going from 66mzh to 200mzh so > it's not essential that this upgrade be installed. I was just trying > to get his machine up as far as possible before I give it to him. > I'd appreciate any answers anyone may have on this question > but will be satisfied with 9.1 if no one has any suggestions. I'm > still trying to figure out why it won't print after following all the > appropriate procedures. Oh well, the usual setting up process never > goes without a hitch......;-) > > JIM -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
