On Friday, October 16, 2009, at 12:39 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
> 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 One thing not yet mentioned is that Mac OS X is picky about the 8 GB requirement. I have found the following: Setting the first partition to exactly 8 GB for Mac OS X will result in an unbootable partition. Currently I am running well with a 7.95 GB partition. However, XPostFacto consistently gives me the warning icon for this partition. It is a yellow triangle with a "!" exclamation mark inside. It is warning that this partition is outside the 8 GB requirement. Nonetheless, the partition works fine. If I use something below 7.9 GB for the partition, this warning sign goes away. I also have one of the mysterious PDQs that is entirely incapable of running 10.3 (have never tried 10.4) on it without regularly locking up with the video problem listed in the XPostFacto documentation. I've tried many times over many years. :-Derek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
