Invisible partitions cause Classic install problems

Nov 22, '02 09:05:37AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I finally got around to reinstalling Classic on my Powerbook 667. The 9.2 CD installer would keep freezing when trying to find mounted volumes on which 9.2 could be installed. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, especially when I was able to get to the volume selection page but didn't have any available volumes.

Then I remembered I had used SetFile to make my partitions invisible to the Finder on my desktop. Turns out that all partitions need to be visible for the 9.2 installer to work properly. A few Terminal commands later, and I had Classic working again; a few more and the partitions disappeared again from my OS X desktop.

One other note, when using the Finder toolbar buttons to go to "Home" "Applications" etc, invisible partitions will appear in column view, but not on the desktop. A little annoying, but not nearly as bad as a cluttered desktop.

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