Hey folks, I'm running OS 10.4.6/Tiger on a 500 MHz G3 Pismo with 1 GB of memory. Since I struggle to keep 2.5 GB free on the 12 GB hard drive, I decided to uprgade to a new 80 GB drive.
I put the new 80 GB drive in an external USB enclosure. I used the disk utility to erase the drive and then made 4 partitions (yeah, I know partitioning erases the drive but I'm being thorough). The 1st partition (where I want to install both OS 9.2.2 and Tiger) is 7.1 GB and, like the other 3 partitions, is formatted to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)." Next I installed OS 9.2.1 on the 1st partition, and was able to boot from it and upgrade to 9.2.2 easily. I was also able to install and run a few OS 9 programs (e.g., iCab, Mozilla 1.3., and MS Word Office). These programs were all installed on the second partition. Now certain that OS 9.2.2 is bootable and running fine, I attempted to also install OS X on the 1st partition of the 80 GB drive (still in the enclosure). I booted into the install OS X DVD, and the only drive that it will let me select for installation (more specifically, "upgrade") is the internal 12 GB drive: the 4 partitions on the enclosure show up but are not available for installation. Using Disk Utility on the install disk also shows all 4 partitions, and none of them have any errors when I verify the disks (I'm not allowed to verify or repair permissions so I can't tell if that is the problem). I don't know if it matters, but the icons for the partitions are those orange external drives with the usb symbols instead of the gray 'enclosure-less' drive icon for the internal drive. I even tried using the restore feature, which got all of the OS X files into the 1st partition, but the 80 GB is still not bootable into OS X. When I try to use the 'startup disk' feature on the install DVD, the only options available are my internal drive and OS 9 on the 80 GB drive. I've tried a number of machinations to get this to work, but I won't bore you with the details. Obviously I'm doing something wrong, so I'm turning to you brilliant powerbook minds to help me out: how can I install both OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.4.6 on a new 80 GB drive so that I can boot into both OSs? I hope I provided sufficient detail and look forward to your responses. TIA. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
