>on 29/07/02 21:10, Gregory Cortelyou at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On 7/29/02 8:33 PM, "Paul McGaffey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Richard >>> >>> I suggest you reinstall 10.1, enter account name as "root" or >>> "administrator" when your Mac restarts automatically, then do the >>> upgrade to 10.1.3 EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED before you install anything >>> else. Any slight deviation from what OSX expects is a fault (think of >>> it as part of OSX bootcamp). If you can, reformat before reinstall - >>> only on a partition #1 of LESS than 8 Gig. >>> >>> Good luck, Paul >> >> Why on a smaller than 8 gig partition? > >There is a problem with older G3 computers, the Lombard and the Wallstreet, >among others, where if OS X is not installed on the first 8 GB of the hard >disk, corruption may occur. There is an Apple technical note describing the >problem and the Macintosh affected.
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