Re: OS 8.1 Upgrade

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From: Matthew Greenfield
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:00

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I assume you have a UK or international English version of OS8.0 and it
won't accept the US English version. It says that the International
English version won't be ready for 60 days!

Boo!

Matti.

Harold Ludman <harold@ludman.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have just downloaded the OS 8.1 upgrade from Apple and tried to use it
> for OS 8 on a G3.
> 
> I have failed each time, with a message, after updating the disk drivers,
> which says "A US English or International English version of System
> Software is required to install this update on volume ...
> Please check your configuration"
> 
> The only option is OK, which produces a screen saying "An error has stopped
> the installation process. Some software has not been installed." The
> options are to try again, which produces the same result, to stop, to skip
> installing this software item only. When the last is chosen, the message
> comes that insallation has finished, but the system is unchanged.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?  Has anyone else had similar difficulty? 
> Can anyone suggest a way round this impasse? Advice would be much
> appreciated.


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