On 18/5/09 5:10 PM -0400, Brian Deuel wrote: > > Next step is to clone Tiger to it. Once I get more memory, I'll be >> ready to rock. Hoping to benchmark the existing drive and swap in the >> new one tomorrow. > >There's a way to use XPostFacto to install Tiger on a partition >larger than 8 GB. I installed OS 9.2.2 on a 1 GB partition and used >XPostFacto's helper disk function to trick the installer into >installing Tiger onto the larger partition. I don't even think the >larger partition was even the FIRST partition, but I don't remember >exactly. It's been a while since my Wallstreet was taken out of daily >use (although I'll never get rid of it; same with my near-mint Pismo). > >B
Only the helper volume has to be smaller than 8GB and physically within the first 8GB of the disk. There is nothing special about the helper volume. It is just a named location within the first 8GB where XPF can copy some boot information. Having done that, the actual OS can reside on any size of partition, anywhere. How small can your helper partition be? The ".XPostFacto" file on my helper disk is 86.6 MB. Perhaps a 100MB partition might be safe enough? hth.. Alan Dow --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
