Continue to hold down the key until you see the “Welcome to Mac-
intosh” message.
Installing or Reinstalling System Software
Your SuperMac C600x came with all the necessary system software
installed on its internal hard disk, so you don’t need to install system
software on that disk unless you encounter software problems.
If you have a new hard disk or a newly initialized hard disk that does
not contain system software, or if you want to upgrade to a more recent
version of system software on a hard disk, follow the steps in this sec-
tion to do what is commonly called a “normal” installation of system
software.
To do a normal installation of system software, follow these steps:
1.
Start up your computer from the CD-ROM disc that con-
tains system software.
See “Starting up from a CD-ROM disc” earlier in this chapter.
2.
Find and open the Disk First Aid
™
icon.
You may need to look in a folder called Utilities to find Disk First
Aid.
After Disk First Aid starts, follow the instructions on the screen.
Disk First Aid checks your hard disk for any problems.
3.
When Disk First Aid has finished checking your hard
disk, choose Quit from the File menu.
4.
Launch the MacOS Installer program.
The MacOS Installer program is designed to make the system
install process as simple as possible.
5.
Start the four step process by selecting Step 1.
6.
Be sure to read the important information contained in
the “About This CD” ReadMe file.
7.
Step 2 launches the Apple Drive Setup program which
is used to update the disk driver of the hard drive.
8.
Step 3 selects the destination hard drive that the
MacOS will be installed on.