On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:12 PM, classical wrote: > On 2010-02-09 22:38 -0800, John Carmonne wrote: > >> =====================[snip]=================== >> > OK then I assume that a Wallstreet is an "OLD WORLD" machine? 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? >> > > > > I wonder if you may have been right with the above comment, and whether the > problem/solution was solely attributable to the bad power supply. > > To my understanding, XPostFacto works by emulating a new world machine at > critical points during the boot process. I found following links which give > some insight into the intricacies of old and new world booting. > > http://www.netneurotic.net/mac/openfirmware.html > > http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/bless/bless-70/README.BOOTING > > I note that you did the original 60GB drive setup by CCC from a TIBook, a new > world machine. Perhaps BootX info on the CC'd volume tries to access the > wrong locations for an old world machine? > Was the 80 GB drive also initialized on the TIBook? > > (more Q than A).. Alan > >> >> Thanks for all the suggestions from the onset of my Wallstreet Tiger XPF >> project. A lot of listers answered my call for assistance and I used >> something from everyone. >> >> I finally got my Wally 300MHz runing Tiger via XPF it has a 80GB drive with >> 3 partitions. I can boot the 60 GB with the helper partition. Now I need the >> stuff to run DVDs on it. >> >> The biggest problem I finally realized was the power adapter I was using on >> my external Card Bus Firewire card to make up the internal drive with was >> too low power and was making crap CCCs and I could never make up a bootable >> large partition, all weekend was lost. I didn't want to be stuck with a >> small Tiger drive, and even though i could boot the external what a treat >> that would look like at the library:-) >> >> But after a shot in the dark with a 12v 1.5 amp adapter, Voila! I found I >> was using a 5v adapter. The card doesn't state the voltage requirement so >> the lights were on but nobody home. That's why the darn thing was taking 5 >> hrs to CCC the big 60 GB volume. >> >> The machine is really upgraded now. >> So the internal 80 GB Fujitsu drive is as follows. >> >> 1. Xpostfacto Tiger OS9 helper =8 GB bootable >> >> 2. Tiger and OS9.2.2 =60 GB bootable >> >> 3. OS8.6 =6 GB bootable >> >> >> John Carmonne wtmm >> Yorba Linda USA >> >> 26 kids all named Mac >
The 80 GB hard drive was initialized on the Wallstreet. Wally is really woking great except I can't get it to print in OS9 with an Epson 600 Stylus? It works in OS8.6 via serial and 10.4.11 via parallel to USB. 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/
