on 24/02/04 07:53, dan_A at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Listers- > > I'm a new to owning a Powerbook and have some questions. > > I recently bought a used 15", G4, 800 MHz Powerbook which has Panther > installed. The seller gave me the set of system discs that came with the > machine, 10.1, without the Panther upgrade discs and without documentation. > The owner also had no need for OS 9 so there is no classic installed. Owning a > lot of older Macs with different requiremets for installing OS 10, I need > some help on the following, and anything else that I might be over-looking > from lack of experience-- > > I also purchased a used, full install set of Panther discs (without printed > documentation). > > Would this software have the Powerbook CP's or any components that might exist > for the Powerbook? I didn't see Powerbook specific Panther installation discs > at Apple. > > Is it necessary to partition the 60 GB drive when I install drivers for > 9.2.2-to create a separate partition for each OS and relating to this > question, does this machine boot in 9.2.2? > > The machine is beautiful and runs very fast in Panther--I am overwhelmed by > it. It also seems to get very hot on the bottom--Is this normal and OK?
There are no PowerBook-specific Panther system disk. One set installs on any Macintosh that supports it. So, your used set should do the trick. I always partition my hard drive because it makes it easier to reformat a system partition to install a new version (a thing I always did so far). So, since I'm also getting a copy of OS 9, I have 3 partitions: 1 for the OS X system partition, one for OS 9 system partition and the remainder for everything else. I try to install most applications on the third partition so in case I have to re-install OS X, I will have only a small number of apps to re-install. The Titanium seem to become very hot, so that seems normal. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bytesexual /bi:t`sek'shu-*l/ adj.: [rare] Said of hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
