Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!orsvax1!pyrnj!caip!topaz!uwvax!gumby!hammen From: hammen@gumby.UUCP (Robert J. Hammen) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: help needed on installer Message-ID: <301@gumby.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-May-86 13:53:18 EDT Article-I.D.: gumby.301 Posted: Sat May 10 13:53:18 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 13-May-86 03:27:55 EDT References: <1614@emory.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: UW-Madison Confusion Science Dept. Lines: 36 Summary: Installer/System 3.1.1 Incompatibilities In article <1614@emory.UUCP>, riddle@emory.UUCP (Larry Riddle) types: > I am trying to install system 3.1.1 using the installer that came on > the System Installation disk from the "December 85" supplement. When > I start the installer I get the option of installing > "Macintosh Plus (v 1.1b1)". > When I click this and try to install it on a disk, I get the message > > File "System" on System Installation is not the right > date for "Macintosh Plus (v 1.1b1) > > This is version 2.1 of the installer. If I try using version 2.0 > to install system 3.1.1, I get the same error message. Yet I have > used version 2.0 of the installer to install system 3.0. > > What's going on? Which is the "bad" system, version 3.0 or 3.1, that > the warnings have been posted about? Has anyone else had trouble using > the installer from the December 85 supplement? > As most of you are probably (now) aware, the Installer (well, at least any version that I've seen--I haven't tried the new one I got with 5.3/3.2) is incompatible with System file 3.1.1. Rumor has it that this is the reason why Apple is insisting that Finder 5.1/System 3.0 are the 'currently supported' versions. System file 3.0 was supposed to have problems trashing itself, and System 3.1 didn't really work at all. I feel safer using Apple's 'unsupported' system than using the other two that have known bugs (of course, 3.1.1 could have some problems that they're not telling us, but I haven't seen any in the 6 weeks or so I've been using it). And, never bother with the installer, just remove the fonts/da's in your current system that you want, and then replace the Finder/System on your disk--I've heard of MANY bad stories about the Installer. Robert J. Hammen {seismo,allegra,ihnp4,harvard,topaz}!uwvax!gumby!hammen UW-Madison CS Dept. hammen@gumby.wisc.edu UW-Madison Plasma Physics Dept. plasma%wiscpsl.bitnet {@wiscvm.wisc.edu} --- Experience varies greatly with equipment ruined.