[muglo] Re: OS 8.1

Hi Tee,

Sorry to have misled you (and any others). Firstly, the icons do 
appear on the desktop OK (I have a PowerMac 7100, a G3, and an iBook. 
And 4 CDs - 2 OS 8.0, OS 8.0/8.1 on a G3 CD, and OS 8.5/8.6 on an 
iBook CD). The 7100 is my preference for normal use, and has most of 
my programs, the iBook, because of its speed, is my choice for 
surfing the net, and the G3 is being used as a server.

I'm trying to install a clean System Folder on the 7100 - the hard 
drive of which has been formatted for HFS+ (eg with the OS 8.0 CD and 
the downloaded 8.1 Upgrade).

The computer will start up from the G3 and iBook CDs (holding down 
the C key on restart), and presumably run from there (but obviously 
without all the extra Extension, Control Panels, and other programs 
I've added). But on attempting to install the new OS, both eventually 
display a window which indicates "This program cannot run on your 
computer". Attempted installation from the OS 8.0 CD, meantime, 
results in a system bomb, requiring a restart. (Seems the rascals 
have succeeded in requiring you to purchase an OS CD for every model, 
even though it is the same version).

Appears I may have to upgrade to OS 8.5 or 8.6 to avert potential 
problems. And an aside - the iBook has OS 9.0 installed, but the CD 
that came with it was not the correct one - but that's another story.


>Ken Davis wrote:
>
>>  And the machine will not recognize the OS 8.0 CD, which must be
>>  installed before 8.1. Neither do I have an 8.1 CD (I'm not even sure
>>  such is available).
>
>Hi Ken,
>     I'm 99% sure there never was one, except for a few early iMacs,
>which would be no good to you, unless you have an iMac.
>
>>  I've been fortunate to date, having backed up my entire hard drive to
>>  a Jaz cartridge, but that is not as good as a clean reinstall (and
>>  some preferences, etc. are lost).
>>
>>  Does anyone know of a solution? Or perhaps have an old 8.1 CD?
>
>     I have an 8.0 CD & a MacHome 8.1 updater CD, but first, a few
>questions, why not upgrade to 8.6? It's recommended by all & sundry.
>     Next. question is how is the Mac not recognizing the CD? Does it not
>see it at all, or is it that it just wont start up from the 8.0 CD? Will
>it read all other discs?
>     Lastly, which model Mac?
>TTFN,
>TeeC

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