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On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 09:25:02AM -0400, Paul wrote: > My neighbor asked me about this. He has a Mac running 8.6. He just > bought an OS X CD from ebay. He wants to upgrade to 9 and OS X with > blowing anything away. So, the questions are... > > In order to use classic mode, is version 9 necessary and does it come > with OS X? Yes, you need OS 9 to run in classic mode. It comes on the OS X install CDs. You can also install OS X without OS 9, which disables classic mode. > Could the upgrade to version 9 and OS X be done without changing > existing partitions and blowing away data? Yes. OS 8.6, OS 9 and OS X all run on HFS+ partitions. I don't know what the OS X install will do to the OS 8.6 system folder, but you should be able to install 9/X without reformatting. Z. _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug