[X Newbies] Question re First Install of OS X on iMac

[Wally Rodriguez]

WAIT (sorry for yelling) :-)

Whatever you do make sure that her firmware is updated!!!

I MEAN THIS.

We lost an iMac and have never recovered it because the firmware was not
updated when we installed Jaguar and it did something (that I still don't
understand) to the graphics.

You can get the latest firmware from the apple site.



Mark Taintor wrote:

> I'm going to help a friend install Jaguar on her slot-loading iMac.
> She's never booted into X (whatever version it is) in the time (2 years
> or so) that she's had it. My (perhaps silly) question is this: Can I
> just do the install from the Jaguar disks or do I need to start by
> doing the setup on her already installed version of X? Any other tips I
> should be aware of? Thanks in advance for any help.
> Mark
> 
> Mark Taintor
> Chanhassen, MN USA