Installing GS System 6.0.1

from: Rubywand
updated 17 Jan 2000



I. To install System 6.0.1 on your GS hard drive or Zip Drive ...


1. If you download the six System 6.0.1 shrinked
   disk (.sdk) files to a PC or Mac, transfer them to your
   IIgs (e.g. using a NULL modem connection as described in
   the Csa2 Apple II FAQs).


2. Use GS-ShrinkIt or 8-bit ShrinkIt to unshrink the six
   System 6.0.1 shrinked disk (.sdk) files to six 800k
   diskettes.

Note: This installation set includes the improved HFS.FST


3. Boot the Install disk*. To boot a 3.5" diskette, your Control
   Panel "Slots" -- "Startup Slot:" setting should show "5" as the
   Startup Slot.

Note: If the target drive is a hard disk or ZipDrive connected via a RamFAST
SCSI interface card, you do not need to install the RamFAST driver in order to
do the install. The same should be true for the Apple SCSI interface.

*If you are installing to a Vulcan hard drive, you need the Vulcan driver.
There is not enough space for it on the Install disk. Copy the Vulcan driver to
the System.Disk-- put it in System/Drivers/ folder. (If there is not enough
space, delete all of the CDEVS in System/CDEVS except Printer and Time. If
necessary, you can delete any Fonts in the System/FONTS folder.)  Now, boot the
System.Disk disk and, after the Finder display appears, insert the Install
disk. Double-click on Installer.


4. At the main Installer display, check the name of the disk shown
   as the target. Click "Change Disk" util the name of the correct
   hard disk or Zip Drive partition appears. To be bootable, the
   install must be to the _first_ partition on the drive and this
   must be a ProDOS partition. For example, if you want to install
   to a Focus Hard Card drive on which the first partition is named
  "Focus01", this is the name which needs to be shown.


5. Click Easy Update and follow prompts to insert disks as
   requested.


6. When you are done, go to the Control Panel and change
   the "Slots" -- "Startup Slot:" setting. It should match the Slot
   in which your newly updated hard disk, etc. or interface card
   for the newly updated hard disk is located. Usually, this turns
   out to be "Scan". The Scan setting will boot the first bootable
   disk it finds counting down from Slot 7.



II. Installing More of System 6.0.1


1. Boot System 6.0.1 from your hard disk or Zip Drive. Start the
   Installer, use "Change Disk" to pick your boot partition, and
   click "Customize".


2. From the list of available updates, select one or more (use
   OpenApple-click to select more than one).

Note: You may want to select and install "Application:"'s one at a time. If you
want to place an "Application:" on some other partition or in some particular
folder use the "Disk", "Open", "New Folder" ... buttons. Note that this selects
the target for all currect updates you have picked.


3. Recommended additions include ...

   Control Panel: Sound
   Desk Acc: Find File
   Drive: RAM5 (if you have 4MB or more RAM)
   File System: DOS 3.3 FST
   File System: HFS FST
   File System: Pascal FST
   Fonts: All
   Printer: <pick the one for your printer>
   Special Aids: <pick as needed for visual impairment, etc.>
   Application: SynthLAB
   Application: Teach



III. Changes and Other Additions


1. If you are using a RamFAST SCSI interface, you will want to copy
   the RamFAST driver to System/DRIVERS and delete the other SCSI
   drivers there. It is handy to have Ramfast.system copied to
   your boot partition. After changing drivers, reboot and run
   Ramfast.system to set Options. (See your RamFAST manual.)


2. If you are using an accelerator card which comes with CDEV or
   desk accessory software, you may want to copy the CDEV to
   System/CDevs and/or the desk accessory to System/Desk.Accs.

3. If you want to connect a SCSI CD-ROM drive, see the Csa2 FAQs
   file Csa2CDROM.txt.


4. If you want to use a midi synthesizer interface or Video Overlay
   Card, you can use the Installer to add Media Control stuff.


5. In general, you can add any NDA or CDA (desk accessory) or CDEV
   by just copying it to the appropriate System/ folder. It will be
   available when you next boot. The same usually works for other
   components, such as FST's, drivers, tools, and Inits. (Inits go
   in the System/System.Setup folder.)


6. Some good things to add include ...

   IR- a finder extension. Mainly, IR lets you double-click on an
   NDA or CDA to have it available during the current session. This
   means that you do not have to install infrequently used desk
   accessories at boot time-- which saves on memory and time
   required to boot. (The NDA or CDA you start up using IR can be in
   any folder.)  IR goes in the System/System.Setup folder.

   Quick Launch- a finder extension. QL lets you set up a list of
   favorite programs which you can pull down (via the "Extras" menu
   item). Clicking an entry starts the program. QL goes in the
   System/System.Setup folder.

   File Manager- an NDA. FM lets you view and modify file type and
   status information. It goes in System/DeskACCS.


7. Check Csa2 (the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup) for announcements of
   System 6.0.1 fixes and improvements. One that you should probably
   do soon after installation is the Fix Font Manager mod. (See
   ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/System/Sys601Fixes/ )



IV.  Questions about System 6.0.1

     When you have questions about System 6.0.1, a good place to ask them is
the Apple II newsgroup, comp.sys.apple2. Some other System
information resources include ...
 

1. The Csa2 FAQS at ...

Ground and USENET MIT offer pure Text for downloading or Viewing via
  an FTP program.

  ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/
  ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/apple2/faq/


Text on the ACN Florida, ACN Tarnover, and USA2WUG sites is
 line-length formatted for on-line perusing via Netscape, etc..
 
 ftp://24.96.48.134:6502/Cabi_Archives/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/
 ftp://tarnover.dyndns.org/cabi/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/
 http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/


HTML web site versions of the FAQs are available on
  II Computing, Apple II Help Page, and USENET FAQS.

  http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs1START.html
  http://members.xoom.com/apple_II/faqs.html (under construction)
  http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/apple2/faq/


2. The System 6.0.1 Release Notes


3. The System 6 Book by Jerry Kindall published by Quality
   Computers

4. The comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup


