5. Read and, if you like, print all or part of the online release notes.
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If you're using a drive that's connected to your own system, double-click the
drive's icon, then, in the directory view window that appears, double-click the
CDgrelnotes icon to view the release notes. To print all or part of the release
notes, choose "Print" from the File menu.
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If you're using a remote drive, double-click its icon. In the Open Remote
Directory window, click the OK button, then, in the directory view window that
appears, double-click the CDgrelnotes icon to view the release notes. To print all
or part of the release notes, choose "Print" from the File menu.
6. Shut down the system, restart it, and start the software installation tool.
Choose "System Shutdown" from the System toolchest.
You see a dialogue box that says System is Shutting Down.
When you see a dialogue box that says Okay to power off, click the Restart button.
When you see a dialogue box that says Starting up the system, click the Stop for
Maintenance button. You see a list of six icons.
Click the icon labeled Install System Software.
7. Specify the location of the new software to install.
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If the CD is in a drive connected to your system, click the Local CD-ROM icon.
When the notifier appears asking you to insert the CD, insert the it in the drive,
and click Continue.
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If the CD is in a drive that's connected to another system on the network, click
the Remote Directory icon. When a notifier appears asking you for the remote
hostname, type the system's name, a colon (:), and the full pathname of the CD,
and add /dist to the end. For example, to access a CD-ROM on the system mars,
type:
mars:/CDROM/dist
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