A dialog box appears, asking you to confirm or cancel your decision to
initialize.
7. Click Init to initialize the hard disk.
When you click, the pointer becomes a spinning beach ball and the message
area of the dialog box reports the status of initialization. After a while,
the computer's alert sound signals the end of the process and a message
reports successful initialization. (If you see a report that initialization
has failed, begin the process again.)
A dialog box appears, asking you to name the disk.
8. Type a name for the hard disk, then click OK.
9. Click Quit.
• "Setting the SCSI Device Number" in Chapter 16
• "Testing and Repairing a Disk" in Chapter 17
Installing system software on a hard disk
The system software manages Macintosh operations. It transmits information to
and from disk drives, printers, and other hardware components, establishes
and tracks files, and directs processing inside the computer. Most system
software activity is invisible, but application programs -- the software used
for word processing, spreadsheets, and other specialized work -- rest on the
foundation that system software provides.
Installing system software creates a System Folder that contains the system
files your Macintosh needs. In addition to adding system files, installation
adds drivers (files that tell the computer how to communicate with peripheral
devices) and other resources.
Most Macintosh computers that come with internal hard disks already have
system software installed on those hard disks. If, when you start up your
computer with no floppy disks in the disk drives, you see the Macintosh
desktop (icons and menus), you do not need to install system software. But,
if you see a blinking question mark when you turn on your computer, you
should follow the steps in this section.
You use the Installer program on the System Startup disk to install system
software for the Macintosh.
To install the system software on a hard disk, you will need
- the System Startup disk
- the System Additions disk
- an initialized hard disk
!! IMPORTANT: Apple recommends one of two minimum hardware configurations
for installation and use of System 6.0 or any later version of the Macintosh
system software: (1) a hard disk and one floppy disk drive; or (2) two floppy
disk drives. (It is possible to install the system software on a Macintosh
with one floppy disk drive, but the process can be very time-consuming.) !!
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