Full install from 10.1 upgrade CD?

big redbig red
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in macOS edited January 2014
I remember hearing about a hack that let you do a full 10.1 install from the 10.1 upgrade cd. I need to reinstall 10.1 from scratch and I'd rather not have to go through two installs to do this. I did a quick google and forum search, but didn't uncover anything. Can somebody help me out here? Anybody remember how to do this?

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  • Reply 1 of 13
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Make a disc image of the 10.1 upgrade cd. Make sure that it's readable/writable. Mount that image. Do a search for CheckforOSX. It's somewhere in the essential packages, but I can't remember where. Delete that file. Burn the image.



    To search for this file (the easiest way is in the terminal): sudo find /Volumes/nameofvolume -name "Check*"



    The find command is case sensitive so you may need to type "check*" as well. The results from this search will tell you exactly what to delete from where.
  • Reply 2 of 13
    big redbig red Posts: 37member
    cool, thanks.



    Other problems have popped up though . . . damned rev. 1 B & W IDE controller. . .
  • Reply 3 of 13
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    I found that the 10.1.2 OS X cd that shipped with my iBook can be installed onto any Mac. I installed it on my parent's cube a few weeks ago. No hardware check like usual MacOS classic... Before, the MacOS that shipped with your Mac could only be used to install MacOS on that series of computers.



    Thats pretty cool. I wonder if its because its not possible or they left it intentional.



    And before I get the anti-piratery committee on my back, my parents thought OS X was such a shock of a change that they went straight back to 9... go figure
  • Reply 4 of 13
    iappleweekiappleweek Posts: 5member
    [quote]Originally posted by ZO:

    <strong>I found that the 10.1.2 OS X cd that shipped with my iBook can be installed onto any Mac. I installed it on my parent's cube a few weeks ago. No hardware check like usual MacOS classic... Before, the MacOS that shipped with your Mac could only be used to install MacOS on that series of computers.



    Thats pretty cool. I wonder if its because its not possible or they left it intentional.



    And before I get the anti-piratery committee on my back, my parents thought OS X was such a shock of a change that they went straight back to 9... go figure </strong><hr></blockquote>



    It seems I need to have a talk with your parents...
  • Reply 5 of 13
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    tell me about it...



    they (actually just my step mom) uses it for work purposes... she could care less about cutesy stuff... she jsut doesnt want her cube to keep crashing. So while OSX doesnt crash, she is too used to (read tech-deficient) OS9.



    Blah, whatever.
  • Reply 6 of 13
    big redbig red Posts: 37member
    Alright, so I keep on getting kernel panics. I didn't end up doing the upgrade cd hack, but installed 10.0 then upgraded to 10.1. All was fine under 10.0 but I can't startup after upgrading without getting hardcore kernel panics, forcing me to boot to an OS 9 cd.



    The upgrade worked fine on my old hard drive, but I just can't get it working on this new one.



    I can't remember exactly, but is there some requirement that OS X be on the partition occupying the first 6 or 8 gigs of space on a disk? It would be strange if this was the case, since 10.0 was running alright before the upgrade. Further info: after this happenned once, I reinstalled 10.0, then did a clean install of 10.1, and this happenned again.
  • Reply 7 of 13
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Big Red, I wanted to avoid precisely this kind of trouble you were having, so I made the hack CD (the *@^#$*@# people at Circuit City gave me 10.0.3 and the upgrade.)



    I was worried about "problems." So...



    In Disk Copy, make a Read/Write image of the 10.1 CD, and use Sherlock (why the hell would you want to use the Terminal!?) to find the file called "CheckForOSX". Trash this file, and then in Disk Copy make a Read Only image out of your modified 10.1 CD image. Burn and enjoy



    This hack is really painless, and works. I did this, then went straight to 10.1.3, and now 10.1.4. No funny problems. iBook 500. I am thinking about doing this on my Blue and White G3 rev1, and like you, I am wondering what the deal is with the IDE controller!? I want to add a huge (120 GIG, or more) drive in, but I guess I'll have to replace my factory 6 gig, since Apple f*cked up the IDE controller in the rev 1's, and won't fix this for/compensate us?



    Big Red, you're not affiliated with Little Red by any chance? LR was a good poster here.



    Linkage for the straight dope on the 10.1 Upgrade CD hack: <a href="http://everythingmac.org/articles/UpdateCDHack/"; target="_blank">http://everythingmac.org/articles/UpdateCDHack/</a>;

    --

    I bet 10.2 won't be like this Too bad, too. This was actually very nice of Apple. After all, who's going to pirate @#$%@#% OS X!? After all, it only works on very nice new G4 hardware, it seems And as we know, OS X now ships with all new Macs as the default OS, blah blah blah! <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> &lt;/bitterness from iBook purchase&gt;
  • Reply 8 of 13
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    [quote]Originally posted by Aquatik:

    <strong>(why the hell would you want to use the Terminal!?)</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Sherlock used to be so slow, that I never used it. Now it's better, but before it was painful. Plus it's cooler to know how to do it through the terminal
  • Reply 9 of 13
    big redbig red Posts: 37member
    Sorry, no affiliation with Little Red. I think I was around well before he was, but I've been quiet the last couple of years (I've been around since '98 or so).



    I'm going to attempt my 5th or 6th reinstall today with a different disk - one of my friends recently bought OS X, so he has a full 10.1.3 install cd that I can use. Hopefully, this may fix things.



    I have recently added an 80 gig drive to my B & W, replacing a 36 gig drive I'd been using for a while. I had both going for a while, but wierd things start to go wrong after doing the master-slave setup on these machines (you can do it, it just usually ends badly after a few weeks). I may pick up an IDE controller eventually - they have an IDE 66 PCI card at OWC for around $50. I also may pick up a G4 zif as well, if the 500's come down to around $200.
  • Reply 10 of 13
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    DON't STEAL SOFTWARE FROM ANY COMPANY EXCEPT MICROSOFT. M$ WILL CHARGE PEOPLE $500 FOR OFFICE WHETHER YOU STEAL IT NOW OR NOT. OTHER COMPANIES ONLY CHARGE UNREASONABLE PRICES WHEN THEY HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO GET REVENUES (read : too many people are pirating software, so the ones who have to pay pay through the nose).



    Don't steal software. Especially from a nice coimpany liek Apple.
  • Reply 11 of 13
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong>DON't STEAL SOFTWARE FROM ANY COMPANY EXCEPT MICROSOFT...</strong><hr></blockquote>Don't forget Adobe! Can you imagine how many more copies of Photoshop or Illustrator would be sold if they didn't cost so much? Plus, the last 2 "major" x.0 updates of both of said progs haven't added any features I consider worthy of a full upgrade charge (except OSX support).



    note: I do buy *most* of my software, but that last version of Photoshop I paid for was 5.0. I'm still debating on 7.0...



    &lt;/philosophical w4r3z discussion&gt;



    [ 04-28-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 12 of 13
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Big Red, torifile, I hear you! I am really getting into UNIX, but it's very alien to me still. Plus, I hope Sherlock in 10.2 will launch faster and be able to "listen" while I type as Sherlock is launching.



    cdhostage, I think you misunderstood me. I bought an iBook. I have a right to copy OS X for my own purposes (I don't care about all those dumb new laws, I copy my *own* CDs too for back-up, and f*ck the RIAA, MPAA, politicians, lobbyists, .......)



    Having MacOS X 10.1 as a boot CD, etc. is more convenient. I think Apple should find a way to let people who *bought* OS X to be able to still do this copy, perhaps even easier, and protect against pirating. However, I definitely didn't pay for Office X. I bought Word 5 That was money well spent, but after my parents paid money for two PCs, and thus Windows twice, I feel entitled to M$ software forever. Especially after hearing recent testimony from the idiot (aka Bill) And how about that XP? I have to get a "corporate edition" for my Virtual PC (yes I bought it, version 4, not 5 though, but I "upgraded" anyway)
  • Reply 13 of 13
    big redbig red Posts: 37member
    CD HOSTAGE

    Dude, you need to calm down. First of all, I have in fact paid for OS X. The first problem was that I did not want to have to go through an install then an upgrade to get to an OS I have a legal right to. Second, my OS 10.1 upgrade CD has gotten fried somehow, so again, I used a CD (which was not mine, admittedly) to install an OS I had a license for. If you would have me pay twice for it, then you're just crazy. I don't think anyone on this thread has openly advocated pirating software, and you should calm down before jumping to the conclusion that that is what is in fact going on.
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