"old world" Macs will not run Tiger without the help of Xpostfacto. What I did with my 80GB before was to partition it into 3; 7gb for OSX, 20gb for OS 9 and the remainign 50+gb for files. OS X should be in the first partition to be able to boot into it.
On 10 16, 09, at 12:39 PM, Ashgrove wrote: > > Hi there, > > I just got a nice 300Mhz Wallstreet II (aka PDQ) that boots fine into > OS 9.2.2. I decided to try and bypass the whole Xpostfacto thing, got > a 30GB HDD, put it in a USB enclosure, and made into 3 partitions: > 1) 8GB: Cloned a 10.4.11 drive from a TiBook, then deleted all > unnecessary apps to regain some disk space. > 2) 8GB: Copied OS 9.2.2 and some Classic programs. > 3) 12Gb: Storage > > Put the drive into the Wallstreet, but it refuses to boot. It just > flashes the floppy with the "Where the heck is my OS?" question mark > for a while and then shuts itself down. What am I doing wrong? Perhaps > the whole thing? > > Thanks > > P.S. The RAM is maxed out to 512MB. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
