jaguar 2 : admin 0
so the new admin computer is limited to jaguar (os x 10.2 for those of us with real computers). it has three installation options. 1) upgrade the existing os. this option almost works. but not quite. 2) save the old system, install the new clean, and automatically copy your settings. this option almost works, too. but not quite. 3) erase the disk and start from scratch. i needed to downgrade from panther to jaguar. so 1) wasn't an option. it's been a long time since i installed system software. i forgot how painful 2) can be. it was so close. until it wouldn't install any system update patches. and it stopped writing to system.log. makes it pretty tough to troubleshoot the system when the troubleshooting information is missing. pah.