Mac OS 8.5 Technote: Part I

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Hardware Requirements

Mac OS 8.5 can be installed on any Macintosh that originally shipped with a PowerPC processor that has at least 16 megabytes of physical RAM and a minimum of 24 megabytes of logical RAM. Also, Mac OS 8.5 can be installed in the Mac OS X Server DR2 Blue Box by way of standard install.

Mac OS 8.5 is tested and qualified by Apple to run on Apple PowerPC-based Mac OS computers. (Mac OS 8.5 is not tested or qualified by Apple for use on clone Mac OS-based systems.)

Installation

Install Mac OS 8.5

This is an improved version of the "Install Mac OS" application provided with Mac OS 8.0 and 8.1. This new "Install Mac OS" application offers an improved user experience by allowing the user to customize components before any installation begins and not requiring further user intervention until the installation is complete.

The "Install Mac OS" application program requires System 7.0 or later to run. Typically, users will boot from the installation CD.

The "Install Mac OS" application will update a System Folder whose version is 7.1 or later. The installer will perform a "clean" installation onto volumes that contain earlier versions of the system software (or no system software at all).

New and improved features include:

  • File & Target Lists -- a more compact way of storing file copy commands to get around Resource Manager limitations.

  • Alias Atom -- an atom for creating aliases during installations.

  • Enhancements to the Installer Engine AE suite.

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