Re: HD Install Instructions?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Martin Gruen writes ...
> 
> I downloaded a program called HD Install.  It looks really useful, but the
> instructions are in french.  I had a canadian friend of mine who doesn't
> understand computers let alone the apple and her translation is of no
> help.  Anyone see the instructions somewhere in english?
 ....

     Yes; Mathieu Chenard posted a translation here about a year ago
(2/14/1998)...


>>

     Here is my translation of the text. The part about ABSOLUTE PATH is
not clear in french. Maybe a coma is missing; you will have to test the
path name to be sure! 

            bonne chance!
                               /V|athieu
__
___<mathieu@chenard.com>
_____Newton MP2000 <newton@3dmail.com>
_______<schema@car.qc.ca> <cheznord@caramail.com>
_________r�alis� � l'aide d'un fid�le Apple IIgs de 11 ans
___________olakamigenokaw8gan nizwaple... <apple2gether@iname.com>







                         INSTALL HD   Version 1.0, mai 1991
                               (c) 1991, Phoenix Corp.

This software allows you to install on hard drive most of the rebelling  
softwares. In this version, the software is composed of a system patch
for
ProDOS 16 (v. 1.6.), a special program launcher for ProDOS 8 and a patch
version of DUNGEON MASTER.

For P16:
- Install SYSP16 on the volume rooth (top of folder hierarchy) of the
choosen partition. This will be the ProDOS 16 SYSTEM folder equivalent.
- Also put the NEWPRO file (that we can rename.) The SYSP16 directory
must
content P16, SYSTEM.SETUP, DRIVERS and eventually DESK.ACCS but TOOLS
and
FONTS are not necessary (and take useful disk space) and maybe DESK.ACCS
as well. The START file should be there.
- Create a directory on the same partition anywhere on the disk with the
name of the original application volume (named as installation directory
thereafter)
- In this directory, install another SYSP16 directory but without
SYSTEM.SETUP, TOOLS, P16, DRIVERS et DESK.ACCS. However, keep the
necessary tools and Fonts necessaires (and only them to save disk
space.)
- The files specific to the application and located in the original
SYSTEM
directory must be put in a SYSTEM directory just below installation
directory.  For example, the application's START file (not to be
confused
with the START file in the other SYSP16 that is used to patch the
system.)
However, if these files are under a numbered directory (1/ for */SYSP16
par exemple), we should put the files in  the SYSP16 and not the SYSTEM
directory, but it's not a frequent situation.
- Instal the rest of the application in this sub-directory (exception
the
useless PRODOS file).

For example, on a hard drive partition (not just the first) as /HARD2
and
for the /APPLI application, we have:
 
/HARD2/
/HARD2/
       PRODOS                           ; unchanged
       SYSTEM                           ; unchanged
       SYSP16/                          ; new, SYSTEM for PRODOS 16
              SYSTEM.SETUP
              DESK.ACCS
              DRIVERS
              P16
              START                     ; main software
       NEWPRO                           ; new, PRODOS for PRODOS 16
       APPLI/                           ; new, contents entire
application
              SYSP16/                   ; new local SYSTEM for P16
                      TOOLS/
                      FONTS/
              SYSTEM                    ; new, not-system-files.