When the install was complete I restarted and it bootup up fine.
You will have to get non-GX drivers for your printers from their manufacturers. I have no idea why Apple even shipped it. And for some reason they have listed Quickdraw GX but in many readme files it clearly states that this feature no longer works in 8.0 so don't select it. I also did not choose OT/PPP because I use AOL. Probably because I didn't install the Info Center. The Mac Setup app crashed with a type 2 error. I think this caused one problem at restart after the install. To deactivate these 2 you will have to pick customize when you are at the Installer selector screen before the main 8.0 installer shows. I did not choose to install the Mac Info Center or the Internet Setup as I can figure out this stuff my self.
For my install I picked only the base 8.0 software and MacLink Plus 9.1. I know FWB Hard Disk Tool Kit version 2.0.x and up are compatible with 8.0.
Make sure you have the most current version of your particular driver before continuing.
If you have reformatted your internal hard drive or don't have an Apple branded hard drive you will get a warning message when you get to the Update Diver section. If you don't have an Apple CD player and have to boot from the internal hard drive then leave your CD driver extension on or you will not be able to use the CD player.Īpple has upgraded the installer program from 7.6 and I like it much better. It's just safer to have as little turned on as possible for compatibility reasons. The installer will update all extensions in both enabled and disabled folders. Don't worry about the extended extensions in the disabled folder being updated. this will ensure that all third party extensions have been removed so when you restart after the install there will not be any conflicts. However you get your system booted even if from the hard drive, I suggest turning on only 7.x.x base extensions in the extension manager before you restart.
Some people have said that turning Apple Talk on and then rebooting with the CD will work. If you don't have an apple branded CD player this may not work because the CD-Rom driver on the floppy may not run third party CD drives. If you did not get the disktools floppys, there is a disktools floppy maker on the CD. I then inserted the CD and ran the installer with no problems. I restarted with the floppy for PPC in and it booted right up. My 8.0 came with 2 disktools floppies, one for 68k and one for PPC. I could not start from the install CD with the "C" key held down. I did have a few problems installing it but they were noted on MacFixIt and I just wanted to see if my system had the same problem. I installed 8.0: Well I have been running 8.0 for a day now and it seems pretty stable.