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

[Mark Taintor]

Thanks for your help everybody. I had forgotten about that "little 
matter" of the firmware update! I had her run Software Update and sure 
enough there was a firmware update which she downloaded. She's nervous 
about installing it (the firmware update), so I'll do it when I get 
over there tomorrow.

Back to my original question: Can I just install Jaguar, or do I need 
to set up her "current" OS X first?

Thanks again everyone. You saved us (her especially!) from almost 
certain disaster!
Mark
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 07:03  PM, Scott wrote:

> The firmware update is in the utilities folder on the jag cd. Insert 
> it while running in 9, install it from there. This way you *know* you 
> have the correct update, and you don't have to fool around with 
> downloading it.
>
> Which iMac is it?
It's a 600MHZ, 256 MB RAM, 40 HD, OS 9.2.2
>
> -- 
> Scott
>
>
> On Monday, June 30 2003, at 16:53, Wally Rodriguez wrote:
>
>> 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
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