[MacDV] Re: FCP 1 or 2

[Tom Seid]

Thanks for the info.
Tom
on 3/3/03 9:27 PM, sb at videovideo at mac.com wrote:

> The Apple person was not correct. You cannot install FCP 1 or 2 in Classic.
> 
> There are two workarounds, both require access to a machine or drive that
> already has FCP on it.
> 
> One is to use the firewire target disk mode, the other is to use an external
> firewire drive that has a valid OS9 (Classic) with FCP on it.
> 
> For the latter, you boot into OSX on your new machine, then under system
> prefs, launch the Classic that's on the Firewire drive. (which has the
> serialized FCP on it) Now you can insert your FCP3 upgrade install CD and
> install the OSX version on your new computer's hard drive.
> 
> Or, wait for the replacement install CD.
> 
> sb
> 
> On 3/3/03 11:01 AM, "Tom Seid" <t.seid at attbi.com> wrote:
> 
>> So just to be absolutely clear...what the Apple person told me is
>> wrong?...one cannot use a new 2003 machine with upgrade disks?...you need a
>> system that can boot and run in true OS 9?
>> Thanks
>> Tom