🚀 go-pugleaf

Dave Porter <dave@wcbs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <3507B9D4.14A8D96D@teaftech.demon.co.uk>,
> Lawrence Flowers <leaf@teaftech.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >The updater folder at Apple contains an OS 8.1 disc tools image, with a cut
> >down 8.1, Disc First Aid and Drive Setup 1.4.   Are these not enough?  surely
> >they don't expect everyone to buy 8.1 on CD.
> 
> I don't know if that will be enough, I haven't downloaded the updater, nor
> will I. Apple may well expect everyone to buy the OS 8.1 updater, however
> I'd heard that it was a *free* update, but I doubt that includes a the CD
> version.
> 
> Not everyone will want, or need, the HFS+ facility, but you will have to
> have a hard copy of OS 8.1 somewhere so that you can boot / load from it.
> You can not format a disk and then reformat it when it is active.

so you back up, update to 8.1, copy the 8.1/first aid/ drive set up
image to floppy, reback up, boot from the said floppy and format your hd
using the drive set up, then restore your hd from backup. it works fine.