TITLE
    Mac OS X Public Beta: Classic Environment Does Not Work From a UFS Volume on First Use
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Modified: 		106035
10/13/00
10/13/00
TOPIC

    When Mac OS X Public Beta is installed on a volume (disk or disk partition) in the UFS format, you must use the procedure listed in this article to open the Classic application for the first time.

DISCUSSION

    Symptom

    The Classic application does not open.

    Products affected

    • Mac OS X Public Beta when installed on a UFS volume

    Solution

    To use the Classic environment when your Mac OS X Public Beta startup volume is formatted UFS, you must already have Mac OS 9.0.x installed on a separate volume that is in the Mac OS Extended (HFS Plus) format.

    Follow these steps to open the Classic application for the first time:
      1. Click Desktop in the Dock to open a Finder window.

      2. If the button bar does not appear in your Finder window, choose Show Toolbar from the View menu to reveal it.

      3. Click Apps.

      4. Choose New Finder Window from the File menu to open a second Finder window.

      5. Click Computer in the second Finder window.

      6. Using the second Finder window, select a location on the HFS Plus volume to which you would like to copy Classic.

      7. Drag Classic from the first Finder window to the selected location in the second Finder window.

      8. Open Classic from the HFS Plus volume.



    Note: You only need to open Classic from the HFS Plus volume the first time that you open it from a particular Mac OS 9.0.x System Folder. This allows Classic to place required components into the Mac OS 9.0.x System Folder. Once Classic places these components, it opens normally from the original copy on the UFS volume. If you change the Classic startup volume, or remove the components placed by Classic, you must open the copy of Classic that you have placed on the HFS Plus volume.


Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: Mac OS X
Sub Category: General Topics

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