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Article #38361Re: Install vs Copy
From: Ephraim Vishniac
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1989 19:18
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1989 19:18
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In article <495@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> hgw@math.ucla.edu (Harold Wong) writes: >Except for on other thing, when you run installer, it asks you what Mac >you're using. Why does it need to know? Actually, it's asking what Mac you're *going to use*, not what kind you *are* using. That's so it can omit things you won't need and so you can make system disks for Macs other than the one you're using at the moment. As supplied on the installation diskette, the system is ready for use on all Macs. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 "Arlo Guthrie, it seems, has found what he was looking for: God, and the Macintosh." (Boston Globe)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!think!ephraim From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Install vs Copy Keywords: Installer Message-ID: <36768@think.UUCP> Date: 25 Feb 89 19:18:38 GMT References: <577@ftp.COM> <36669@think.UUCP> <495@sunset.MATH.UCLA.EDU> Sender: news@think.UUCP Reply-To: ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 15