[X4U] Classic missing!

[Eddie Hargreaves]

If your purchased Mac came with a version of Classic, then you will have it
on one of your Install or Restore CDs. Also, /System/Library/Classic is not
where Classic is stored. /System Folder is the location.


On 5/30/05 10:55 AM, keithw <keith_w at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> To make a long story shorter, I had a bad RAM chip, and eventually had
> to have my H.D. erased and OS10.3.9 installed.
> 
> My MDD G4 was purchased loaded with OS 10.2.6 and Classic pre-installed.
> Eventually I upgraded to 10.3.9, but in this latest transition, and the
> subsequent restructuring of my H.D. I apparently lost Classic!
> 
> I just looked in my current System/Library/Classic [f], and the folder
> is empty!
> 
> Now, I do have the commercial version of the OS 10.3.2 CDs, plus
> - the "restore" CD that came with my G4, which contains OS 10.2.6,
> - a commercial version CD with OS 9.2.1 on it.
> 
> I do NOT have a copy of 10.3.9 which is presently loaded on my H.D. as
> it was installed by the Apple store technician that trouble-shot my CPU
> and they did not give me a copy.
> 
> Will any of my CDs [above] have Classic on them, that I may move over to
> my current System folder?
> If so, may I just install Classic from the CD? Boot from the CD and
> install ONLY Classic?
> 
> Considering my recent "luck" I'd rather not bull my way thru this
> procedure by myself, and mess up my working system, so am asking advice
> here first...
> 
> Thanks for any direction you can give me,
> 
> keith whaley
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