emerson@hal.uvm.edu (Tree) (12/01/90)
I just ftp'd System 6.0.7 from apple.com, but now I don't know what to do with the "image" files contained in the four .sit files. Help! How do I go about installing the new system and related tools? Thanks for your help. Tom E. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The other Shaltanac's joopleberry | | | shrub is always a more mauvy | Tom Emerson | | shade of pinky russet. | emerson@hal.uvm.edu | | -- From the Hitchikers Radio Scripts | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
TOGE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Nobukazu Toge) (12/03/90)
Regarding what to do with "system image" files (such as for sys 6.0.7) that people download from APPLE.COM (FTP). The same site APPLE.COM has an application called "DiskCopy", which you should DL also. "DiskCopy" reads-in the "system image" files then writes the contents to floppy disks. Thus you end up with System Tools, Utilities 1, Utilities 2 and Printing Tools etc floppies. Those floppies will be exactly like what are being shipped from Apple with new Macintoshes, including system installer and so on. So use them as such. Nobu Toge (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)
vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) (12/03/90)
Get the file diskcopy-4-1.hqx, in the same directory as the images. This will let you create disks from the images. -Vince (vd09@andrew.cmu.edu)
Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) (12/03/90)
> I just ftp'd System 6.0.7 from apple.com, but now I don't know what to do > with the "image" files contained in the four .sit files. Help! How do I > go about installing the new system and related tools? Get DiskCopy. I think the latest version is 4.1 -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!56.12!Chris.Gehlker Internet: Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org
time@tbomb.ice.com (Tim Endres) (12/03/90)
In article <IbKJjwO00awJIsW0dl@andrew.cmu.edu>, vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) writes: > > Get the file diskcopy-4-1.hqx, in the same directory as the images. > This will let you create disks from the images. > There is also a new INIT/CDEV that will mount these images as "virtual" floppies (like a RAM drive). It is called MountImage, and was on the latest developer CD. tim. ------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Endres | time@ice.com ICE Engineering | uunet!ice.com!time 8840 Main Street | Whitmore Lake MI. 48189 | (313) 449 8288
stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec1.142808.25499@uvm.edu> emerson@hal.uvm.edu (Tree) writes: >I just ftp'd System 6.0.7 from apple.com, but now I don't know what to do >with the "image" files contained in the four .sit files. Help! How do I >go about installing the new system and related tools? You need to get a copy of DiskCopy as well. I'm not sure, but it's most likely available as well from apple.com. The "image" files contain exact images of the floppy disks that contain the new system software. DiskCopy copies the image files back onto floppies... steve -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ whoami? Steve Christensen snail: Apple Computer, 20525 Mariani Ave, MS-81CS, Cupertino, CA 95035 internet: stevec@apple.com AppleLink: stevec CompuServe: 76174,1712
cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) (12/11/90)
Is there any way to install the 6.0.7 images on high density floppies ?? DiskCopy insists on 800K floppies. -- Charles Johnson Intel Corporation, Supercomputer Systems Division 15201 NW Greenbrier Pkwy Beaverton, OR 97006 phone: (503)629-7605 email: cfj@isc.intel.com
stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (12/11/90)
cfj@isc.intel.com (Charlie Johnson) writes: >Is there any way to install the 6.0.7 images on high density floppies ?? >DiskCopy insists on 800K floppies. DiskCopy copies the images back onto the same kind of disk they were created from. It makes no assumptions about what's in the image file. steve -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Christensen | Apple Computer, Inc. | Disclaimer: | 20525 Mariani Ave, MS-81CS | the above may be stevec@apple.com | Cupertino, CA 95014 | a lie...or not.
vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) (12/11/90)
Is it my imagination, or does DiskCopy not work on an SE? If not, why not? -Vincent Del Vecchio (vd09@andrew.cmu.edu)
orion@iesd.auc.dk (Hjerre Faurschou Hviid) (12/11/90)
In article <IbN7=tu00VIGJE4VcE@andrew.cmu.edu> vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) writes: >Is it my imagination, or does DiskCopy not work on an SE? If not, why not? > >-Vincent Del Vecchio >(vd09@andrew.cmu.edu) Yes, it does work on an SE, but you need more than 1M to use it. DiskCopy loads the entire image into memory, so you need space for the application + image. This is apparently more than what a plain 1M SE can handle. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- H. F. Hviid, Dat6 | A pipe opens the philosopher's imagination ... orion@iesd.auc.dk | and closes the fools mouth. (anonymous) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (12/12/90)
vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) writes: >Is it my imagination, or does DiskCopy not work on an SE? If not, why not? Well, as far as I know it does. What does "not work" really mean? Crash? Error message? What? steve -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steve Christensen | Apple Computer, Inc. | Disclaimer: | 20525 Mariani Ave, MS-81CS | the above may be stevec@apple.com | Cupertino, CA 95014 | a lie...or not.