[DuoList] Re: 2400 (Gene Osburn)

[Gene Osburn]

> Greetings. I am also about ready to jump on the CompactFlash 
> boot-drive bandwagon for my 2400 (which I love!). Just to clarify, 
> however, when you say "run the OS installer," are you saying I 
> don't/can't just COPY the OS and apps from my hard drive to the CF 
> card, and then assign the CF as the boot drive from the Startup Disk 
> Control Panel? I have to actually INSTALL the OS onto the CF card 
> first? I have the 1GB hard drive (thinking about up-grading this, too, 
> after a while), and have it configured just about the way I want it 
> (running OS 8.6, apps, etc.—even iTunes 1.1 using the iTunes for OS 8 
> patch!). I was going to just format the CF card and then drag all the 
> contents from my HD over. But you seem to be suggesting that this 
> approach won't work. Could you correct my impression?

Sure, copying your System Folder will work fine.  I tend to think in 
terms of fresh install, to get just the System Folder contents 
wanted/needed for a particular Mac -- nothing more, nothing less.

Gene Osburn
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