On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 08:24 AM, Administrator wrote: > On the older G3's you have to partition into 2 seperate partitions. OS > X will only install on the first 8 gig of the HD. Sooo.. Create 1, > 7.9 gig partition and then the rest in another. >
It's not just OS X... Some of the early G3's will not recognize any system folder as being valid (i.e., bootable) unless it resides on a partition that is wholly within the first 8 GB of the hard drive. You can have 16 bootable partitions on a drive if you want, but all need to be within the 8 GB on these machines. If your drive is larger than 8 GB, then you need to have at least two partitions, one of which (the one you want to start-up from) resides wholly within the first 8 GB. A system folder on any partition that strays beyond the first 8 GB of a hard drive will not be bootable on these particular early G3's -- it may be recognized, it may appear to be "blessed", but it will not start your machine. The OS X installer is "smart" enough to check this, and won't install if it thinks the installation won't be bootable. The OS-9 installer does not make such a check. John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc. San Antonio, Texas -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
