Re: VirPc won't start on my G4 powerbook now.

That's probably because Tiger supports something that Panther
doesn't have -- access control lists.

Access control lists are undefined when you upgrade a Panther
installation to Tiger -- if you erase a partition before installing
Tiger proper, these ACLs will be populated by the filesystem
drivers for every file the installer writes, so this works around
this permissions headache.

I never "upgrade" any system. I always install from scratch.
Call it lack of faith, but this is a habit I have developed
from the older days of UNIX operating systems. And a couple
of times, this habit has actually saved me!

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-- tonza


"Unseelie" <unseelie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Of course, that program that messed up the permissions could easily be
> an Apple updater or upgrader.
>
> Upgrade from Panther to Tiger some time and then watch the number of
> permissions fixes required afterwards... it's disturbing.
>


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