[G4] Best way to install OS 10.2

David Crandon tdc at attbi.com
Fri Mar 14 02:14:27 PST 2003


I would do the Archive and Install option. Follow the directions in this
MacWorld article. It's actually very easy and only took me an additional
15 min.

http://www.macworld.com/2002/10/features/install/

David Crandon

Harrie Westphal wrote:
> 
> I just received OS X 10.2 in the mail yesterday and am wondering what is
> the best way to install it as the documentation that came with it and
> the Read Before Installing PDF file give very little help. I can either
> install it over 10.1.5 keeping my added software in place or install it
> on an erased second internal drive and then hope I have all the
> installers and registration codes available to add the other software on
> to that drive.
> 
> I am wondering what others have done and how it turned out. I have been
> using Macs since  the SE30 days and this will be the first time that I
> have ever replaced the operating system on one of my Macs.
> 
> One other thing, is the BSD system automatically installed or do you
> have to do it separately? I noticed a BSD package file on the install CD
> and am wondering. I am a little disappointed in the total lack of
> discussion about this in the manual that comes with the disks.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
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