Bailey wrote:
>> I think you are going to have better luck booting from the software >> install CD... > > I only have the update CD that's not bootable... >> >> If you are planning to update 9.0 or 9.1 to 9.2.1, and can not get the >> installer to work booting from the software install CD, boot from OS 10 >> and disable/turn off the classic environment. That should allow you to >> install 9.2.1 over your former 9.? OS. > I'll try that, but I think it needs to install over 9.1 I should have been more clear. I don't think you can update the system you booted from. You are probably going to have to boot from something other than 9.1 >> Everything I have read said you should not have more than one versions >> of OS 9 on the same computer with OS 10, even if each OS is on a >> separate partition. (Don't know about OS 8.0, 8.6, etc.) > > I disagree- and I haven't read that. I have 2 OS 9s right now- one for > Classic, one for serious work- like Photoshop etc... I don't have > problems > with that. If you have two OS 9 partitions, can you boot from one and update the other? I had a b____ of a time getting another OS 9.2.1 installed on a separate partition. I wanted to set up a maintenance disk, with a minimum OS 9.2.2 System Folder and the various utility programs like Disk Warrior and Norton. I tried using Retrospect, dragging, using a System Folder from Disk Warrior's CD and using a copy from Norton's CD. The computer indicated I had a valid System Folder. But, it would not boot from that partition. Nasty Words! I finally had to install OS 9.2.1 on the partition using the software CD, from within OS 10. Then trimmed it down and installed the utilities. It works! I ran the various utility programs earlier today on the 9.2 partition, as well as the maintenance, storage and projects partitions. I took the opposite approach to OS9/Classic. I set it up with everything we currently have in the C600 and 9600. All the apps that run in 9.1 will run in the 9.2/Classis environment, if you boot from that partition. Yeah, OS10 does not allow me to use all those older apps from within OS10. But the OS9 partition is my fall back, if I have serious problems with ten. Unlike the laptop, I can't walk home from work with an iMac under my arm, if it needs tweaking! > Let us know how you're getting along with your "lamp". The "lamp" is still at home. I have the OS9.2 partition and the peripherals all set up, and today finally got the maintenance disk set up. I am still stumbling through the new features of OS 10. Hopefully, the lamp will move to the shop next Monday. For anyone out there interested, I found a couple of books really helpful in dealing with and learning OS X: Robin Williams' The Little Mac OS X Book, and Christopher Breen's Mac 911. If you really want to know about the Command Line and the Unix underbelly, check out Mac OS X Unleashed by John & William Ray. Mac OS X Unleashed made my brain glaze over the first time I read it. I will take another stab at it once I know what I am doing. Nancy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Processors, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
