Panther Upgrade Question
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For this very reason I leave all NON Apple apps on a different partition. That way if i need to wipe my drive, or whatever the case, they are always there. And obviously i have a disc image of this partition on a DVD RW just in case that fails.
As Randman mentioned, they should work just fine.
As Randman mentioned, they should work just fine.
Arden
Where mah "any" keys at?
There are 3 methods to install 10.3 over 10.2.
- Upgrade: This takes your old 10.2 system and converts it into 10.3. It replaces everything that both systems share with the newer version, removes stuff 10.2 has that Panther lacks, and leaves unchanged files alone. It will not touch your data, apps or even your preferences. This option is the easiest to do but it is the worst method because it leaves many files unchanged which may be corrupted or incompatible, and has caused problems for many users.
- Clean install:This is the best but most extreme option. This requires you to back up your data and anything else you want to keep because it reformats your hard drive and installs a fresh version of OS X. After it's finished, you must restore your data and reinstall all your applications (or copy them back, which can be problematic because some apps install files in multiple locations).
- Archive & Install:I recommend this option. This moves your old System folder aside and installs OS X fresh. It will leave your data and apps intact, though a few people have had problems after this that required a full install. You could also run into problems if you have something like Application Enhancer installed. However, most people have no problem with this method, and it takes very little effort to get running again.
Well to create a partition, you will need to erase a hard drive, due to formating this these partition, which I'm sure aware of considering you done this on a PC.
Since you are using Jaguar, you will have to do this in Disc Copy. Select the volume, go to Partition (anyone correct me if I'm wrong, i think Jaguar had this selection like Panther). Then specify the number of partitions, select the sizes for these partitions and thats it. I wiped my drive clean before i this this formatting.
As for the Applications, I dragged them over from my X partition to this other partition. I will say it is better to install them onto the X partition, then transfer them this way. And this has worked for me without any problems, and i did this after i had system problems that forced me to wipe my X partition, so maybe a year and a half ago.
Since you are using Jaguar, you will have to do this in Disc Copy. Select the volume, go to Partition (anyone correct me if I'm wrong, i think Jaguar had this selection like Panther). Then specify the number of partitions, select the sizes for these partitions and thats it. I wiped my drive clean before i this this formatting.
As for the Applications, I dragged them over from my X partition to this other partition. I will say it is better to install them onto the X partition, then transfer them this way. And this has worked for me without any problems, and i did this after i had system problems that forced me to wipe my X partition, so maybe a year and a half ago.
With Windows I use Partition Magic which allows you to create/change/delete partitions without having to reformat the drive. I was wondering if there was something similar for Macs, but now it looks like I'm going to get a new hard drive so it's no big deal to start from scratch.
So you just install all of your Apps just like you would if you had one partition then you just move anything that's in the Applications folder over to the other partition? If I had to reinstall Jaguar in the future, I wouldn't need to reinstall all of my programs? If so, that's cool. It's a major PITA whenever I have to do this in Windows because everything needs to be reinstalled.
So you just install all of your Apps just like you would if you had one partition then you just move anything that's in the Applications folder over to the other partition? If I had to reinstall Jaguar in the future, I wouldn't need to reinstall all of my programs? If so, that's cool. It's a major PITA whenever I have to do this in Windows because everything needs to be reinstalled.
Well I also save my preferences and application support. Because the system needs those things. This is basically a routine i developed after losing my system 1 time too many. You get tired of reinstalling when you really shouldn't have to. now i can wipe my system, install a new one, update it, and my apps will be ready to go. But you need to be aware of what you are doing, if problems arise, you need to take into consideration that a preference file may be bad, along with other things. but this has worked for me for some time now.