[Helpdesk] How to install app in Classic?

[S Mishra Suloway]

Create a duplicate folder of the installer CD (Apple +D), leave it on 
the Desktop, eject the CD, and install from the folder?

(Just an amateur's guess)

>I am attempting to install an application from an installer CD in 
>the Classic environment on an iBook G4. The installer utility opens 
>in Classic all right, but then it says it can't find the Install CD 
>-- not surprising I suppose since the CD is mounted on the desktop 
>in OS X, where an OS 9 app wouldn't know where to look. I tried 
>putting an alias of the CD in the main hard disk window, but that 
>didn't help. I installed the app on an iBook G3 in OS 9, then tried 
>to copy it to the G4, but it didn't work; it has some sort of 
>complicated protection scheme, so just copying the app wasn't 
>sufficient (I found an invisible "auth" file, made it visible and 
>copied it as well, but that still wasn't enough). It's a music/midi 
>app called Mosaic Composer, of which there is no OS X version. 
>Anyone have any ideas/suggestions?
>
>Andrew
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