Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aux:2614 comp.sys.mac.misc:2802 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!rutgers!uwm.edu!linac!midway!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Swapping Internal for External disk contents (Installing A/UX) Keywords: Swapping A/UX Message-ID: <1990Aug31.175501.25762@eng.umd.edu> Date: 31 Aug 90 17:55:01 GMT References: <1461@philtis.cft.philips.nl> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 13 In article <1461@philtis.cft.philips.nl> grant@cft.philips.nl (Joe Grant) writes: > > Does this sound like the correct way to tackle the problem or am I missing > something vital? Your procedure sounded correct-- you need to back up important files on your 1.0 aux disk first, but fortunately, Apple's update software doesn't require any of the old software (first step is to reformat the old hard disk, after backing up your files). But wouldn't it be simpler to just swap the physical drive mechanisms? -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.