The update is no longer free from Apple, that expired at the end of May.
You can, however, still get it for the cost of an issue of MacUser. It's
bundled in with the current issue (although a recent check of bookstores
showed them few and far between).
>Also, *never* try updating your present system with System Update 2, do a
>"Clean Install of a new system 7.x.x. This will rename you present system
>folder as "Previous System Folder", preserve all its contents and settings,
>and install a completely new system folder. *Now* run System Update 2.
>This will update the newly installed system folder.
I've installed over several old systems with no problems. The only
drawback to a clean install is that you have to pick through all your
System Folder files and move the ones over that you need that weren't part
of the update. You also have to decide about preference files. I just
back the whole folder up in case of disaster and do an update install.
-- Bruce Carter, Instructional Software Designer (208)385-1851@voice Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725 (208)385-1856@fax http://mentor.idbsu.edu/BruceCarter/home.html bcarter@mentor.idbsu.edu