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Before you begin
You use the Installer program (which is found on the Install Me First disk) to
install, reinstall, or update system software on a startup disk. When you use
the Installer, you keep any special files you have installed in your System
Folder.
IMPORTANT
Before you install a new version of system software, make a
backup copy of your current System Folder on another disk in case you need
it later (to use a program that is incompatible with the new system software,
for example).
To install, reinstall, or update system software, you need
m an initialized hard disk (If you have a hard disk that hasn’t been
initialized—that is, its icon doesn’t even appear on the desktop—go to the
Macintosh Reference book for information on initializing a hard disk.)
m access to system software (system software disks that came with your
computer or access to system software over a network)
Installing system software for the first time
If you have a new hard disk or a newly initialized hard disk that does not
contain system software, follow the steps in this section to do what is
commonly called a “normal” installation of system software.
If you have access to the system software on a network, open the Installer
program on the network and then follow the steps in this section, beginning
with step 11.
If you have a PowerBook Duo Floppy Adapter attached to your PowerBook,
follow all the steps.
1Shut down your computer.
2Insert the
Disk Tools
disk into the floppy disk drive.
3 Turn on your computer.
The Disk Tools icon appears on your computer’s screen.
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