On Feb 7, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Matt Emson wrote: > On 7 Feb 2010, at 16:50, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: >> OK then I assume that a Wallstreet is an "OLD WORLD" machine? > > Yes. Everything prior to the Lombard is, iirc. As a rule of thumb, any > PowerPC machine with a rainbow logo is old world. > >> That may explain the trouble I'm having with a 60 GB drive in my Wally with >> XPostfacto. maybe I need to use the drive setup on my OS9 install disk? > > Um, well, maybe. The best results for Xpostfacto are from installing on the > actual hardware. Have you considered cloning the Tiger install DVD on to the > drive and using that to install? So have a helper partition, a Tiger DVD > clone and then install on the third partition? This will work, so long as the > clone is perfect. > > Most issues I've had with XPF revolve around either, wrong drivers/helpers > being installed, using the latest version on hardware they no longer test on > or is known to be buggy (read the release notes - try the 3.x line), or the > disk cache being corrupt/out of sync. > > XPF seems like it should be trivial, and it is when it goes well or you know > what you need to do to trouble shoot, but it isn't for everyone. If you can > stick with Panther, it comes on CD media and was a breeze to install. If you > want to go for Tiger, might be worth investing in a DVD module for your > Wallstreet. They do exist, I have one myself that is Apple branded. >
Ok I'm underway with a Tiger image method. If I can get it on the 40GB volume can I then use Migration Assistant to move the needed volume? I think CCC at this point would undo all this work?? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- 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] To leave 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/
