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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? 

Err, you're not running "US English or International English version of
System Software", which is what the uprgade installer expects.

(from my experience of Sys 7.x)
"US" = American.
"International English" = a strange version using English, but, ISTR,
with different currency symbols, date/time formats, number formats and
keyboard settings. 

Both of these differ from the UK version of system software.

> Can anyone suggest a way round this impasse? Advice would be much
> appreciated.

Wait for a UK ("B") version or install US Sys 8.0.

rgds, Alan