TOPIC I have a Power Macintosh 7350 and a Power Macintosh 9650. Earlier this week, on each system, I reinstalled 7.6.1 from my Workgroup Server CD and chose to overwrite my System Folder. I was told that the Open Transport version I was installing was older than the one on my system. After the installation, the version of Open Transport on the systems is exactly the same as I had before. What is going on? DISCUSSION There is nothing wrong with your systems or the software. When you reinstall from the CD and choose to overwrite your System Folder, you will be notified that the version of Open Transport being installed is older than the one currently on the system. The Workgroup Server Installer first installs Mac OS 7.6, which includes Open Transport 1.1.1. Then the Mac OS 7.6.1 Update is installed. Lastly, the Workgroup Server Components (including Open Transport 1.1.2) are installed. It must be done in this order. The version of Open Transport on the system changes from 1.1.2 (before the re-installation), to 1.1.1 (when Mac OS 7.6 is installed), and then back to 1.1.2 (when the Workgroup Server Components are installed). The System software installer puts up the notification. We were not able to change this. The behavior described above only occurs if you choose to reinstall the exact same software over an existing System Folder. It does not occur if the you do either a clean install or an installation after reinitializing with RAID. It is recommended that should you need to reinstall the system software, you check the box which says Clean Install (thereby preserving the old System Folder). This article was published in the 17 June 1997 "Information Alley". |
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Product Area: | Computers |
Category: | Power Macintosh |
Sub Category: | Power Macintosh 7300; Power Macintosh 9600 |
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