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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.

You've downladed the American 8.1 updater and are trying to use it on a
localised system. This sometimes has worked in the past, but appears not
to work in this case. This may be due to Apple being unduly paranoid
about wanting to make certain that only the correct updater is applied,
or it may be due to concern about very real problems appearing with this
update/original system combination. Your best option is to wait for the
localised updater to appear. The masochistic hacker could attempt to
change all of the systems localisation resources to match the expected
US system, but I've got no idea as to the consequences of applying the
update after doing this.


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