atchison@hpindda.HP.COM (Lee Atchison) (12/18/87)
OK, here is what is bound to be a stupid question. Why use the installer rather than just copying in a new set of System/Finder/etc. files on a new disk? I don't have a hard disk, all I have is a lonely Mac512k (yes, that's right, the OLD ROMs). When I want to put a system on a new disk, I just copy the system folder from an existing system. Am I doing anything wrong???? -lee -------------- Lee Atchison Hewlett Packard, Information Networks Division atchison%hpindda@hplabs.hp.com
twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman) (12/19/87)
I have never used the installer application yet, and my systems are alive and well. When I first noticed installer, (was it the upgrade to finder 1.1?) it didn't come with any instructions, so I ignored it and copied all the new system files into my disc the old fashoned way. Been doing it for almost 4 years now and it hasen't failed me yet. i still don't trust installer to replace my old system files (often customized) with the new (soon to be customized) system files. TeriAnn Wakeman Hewlett-Packard Corp. Quality HPMUG co-ordinator (415)857-5057
ghoti@killer.UUCP (Alan Perry) (12/26/87)
Hi, I just used Installer, because I had some of the same questions as you folks. One very nice thing it did was preserve the currently installed DA's and fonts I had installed in my old system. One drawback is that I had to reconfigure my control panel back to my preferences (I know, a small concern...). So other than the enormous amount of time saved by preserving all of my Fonts/DA's, I really don't see much use for it... If someone has more info, I would be glad to hear it... - Ghoti