On Feb 24, 2004, at 7:53 AM, dan_A wrote:
I'm a new to owning a Powerbook and have some questions.
Welcome to the club.
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.
OS X installs all components needed for any model of Macintosh that it can run on. For Panther, this means all models from Blue & White G3s on up. I believe Apple specified "built-in USB." You needn't worry about missing anything - you're not.
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?
It's not necessary to partition the drive; I keep both Classic and OS X on the same volume in all of my system builds. I believe you bought a 15" Titanium G4, correct? If so, that computer WILL boot into OS 9 if you want it to and if the drive had OS 9 drivers installed upon initialization. BTW, I consider partitioning to be a religious matter.
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?
I have a 1 GHz Titanium and it gets hot too. I use a Podium CoolPad stand to elevate the back end of the computer and put some airflow between me and the bottom of it. Works like a champ. I believe the Apple Stores sell them which is handy if you have one near you.
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