hagan@ecs.umass.edu (05/20/91)
I have found, that the fastest/coolest way to install system 7 is: get all of the disk image files (or the disks copied to image files) use imagemount (or mountimage, its a CDEV in mac.archive.umich.edu, which allows you to mount up to 8 -- wow just right -- image files as floppies. double click on the installer in the "drive" install1, and let it crank. no swapping, no floppies, no nuthin. get some munchies, and let it go. (also, it flies compared to a floppy install) -- craig hagan HAGAN@ecs.umass.edu
nerm@Apple.COM (Dean Yu) (05/22/91)
In article <13750.28371ee2@ecs.umass.edu> hagan@ecs.umass.edu writes: >I have found, that the fastest/coolest way to install system 7 is: > >get all of the disk image files (or the disks copied to image files) >use imagemount (or mountimage, its a CDEV in mac.archive.umich.edu, >which allows you to mount up to 8 -- wow just right -- image files >as floppies. > >double click on the installer in the "drive" install1, and let it crank. >no swapping, no floppies, no nuthin. get some munchies, and let it go. >(also, it flies compared to a floppy install) > > I wouldn't recommend this because there have been some reports that the Installer doesn't work properly with mounted disk images (Steve C is probably going to kill me for saying this in the first place). If it works, all the power to you. If it doesn't, well, consider yourselves warned. -- Dean Yu Blue Meanie, Negative Ethnic Role Model, etc. Apple Computer, Inc. blah blah blah...
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (05/22/91)
In article <13750.28371ee2@ecs.umass.edu> hagan@ecs.umass.edu writes: >I have found, that the fastest/coolest way to install system 7 is: > >get all of the disk image files (or the disks copied to image files) >use imagemount (or mountimage, its a CDEV in mac.archive.umich.edu, >which allows you to mount up to 8 -- wow just right -- image files >as floppies. > >double click on the installer in the "drive" install1, and let it crank. >no swapping, no floppies, no nuthin. get some munchies, and let it go. >(also, it flies compared to a floppy install) Unfortunately, this often produces a bad install or bombs during the install process. There seems to be a problem with MountImage and System 7.0. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.