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Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: Russ Kidd on August 13, 2003, 12:35:48 AM

I want to upgrade from 9.0.4 to 9.1, but I want to reformat my hard drive first.  Once I reformat, will I need a 9.1 disk or can I reinstall 9.0.4 and then do the 9.1 download from Apple?  

If I'll need a 9.1 disk, can I get one from Apple for a reduced price since I already have 9.0.4?

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: george on August 13, 2003, 02:19:31 AM

Hi Russ,
you will find what you want at
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html/?artnum=75103
it is a download upgrade, I know cos I did it yesterday, successfully.
George.

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: jepinto on August 13, 2003, 06:42:02 AM

George is correct.  Install from the 9.0.4 disk, then "do the download".

Pretty painless on DSL; 72M download would be time consuming on dialup.

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: kelly on August 13, 2003, 08:17:45 AM

Russ. Just to make sure it's clear.

If you Reformat, everything will be gone.

You might want to get that CDRW to back up important stuff first.

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: Russ Kidd on August 13, 2003, 03:12:12 PM

Thanks, George, Jepinto and Kelly.  Yes, Kelly, I'll be getting the CDRW and backing up before the reformat.  (Thanks for looking out for me! )

Question:  On the download page, it has a column heading labeled "Multi-part" and about 15 clickable numbers underneath.  Does that mean the download is in 15 separate parts and you click each number in sequence?

Hey George, I used to have a British penpal and she always used "cos" for "because" like you did.  Is that a British thing?

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: george on August 13, 2003, 03:31:34 PM

Russ,
the use of the abreviation 'cos by me sadly points to my not paying attention to what the teacher was saying  during English lessons 70 years ago! the clickable numbers you see are i think for downloading to floppy disks.....could be wrong.
I downloaded using DSL.
George

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: krissel on August 13, 2003, 11:12:14 PM

Hi Russ, I've been AWOL for a bit, sorry. (actually trying to have a social life   )


Anyway, you can download the pieces of 9.1 in any order you want as long as you get them all. I'm on pokey dialup so I opted to do it in pieces over several hours/days.



You can download two or three at a time if you wish, doesn't matter. When they all arrive put them in a single folder. Then when you are ready to upgrade you will double click the first one and it will create a disk image. If I remeber correctly I think I double clicked each in turn to get the respective disk images and put them in a folder. Then by starting with the first image you will go through the normal MAC OS install routine and the first disk image will recognize the others in the folder as it goes along, you don't have to do anything else. Once done you can save the bin files folder or the image files folder for future use. (You may not have to create image files first as these are smi so each might be able to open the next smi file while installing, I created them first just to make the install go smoothly.)

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: Russ Kidd on August 14, 2003, 12:01:16 AM

Hey George, I didn't realize you were such a young buck.  Just reaching middle age.  Long way to go.

Hi Krissel.  You can put your social life ahead of me anytime.  Doesn't bother me a bit...     Thanks for more good info.  

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: george on August 14, 2003, 01:56:33 AM

Russ, I told you my education was sadly lacking, it was 60 years ago not 70..............have just reached the Autumn years of my life!
George.
 

Title: Upgrading from 9.0.4 to 9.1
Post by: Russ Kidd on August 14, 2003, 02:22:35 AM

Wow George, you're already 10 years younger than the last time I talked to you.  Nice going!!