On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 08:22 AM, Richard Starr wrote: > --- You wrote: > On old G3's, Jaguar must be installed on a partition that is less (by > a >> smidgeon) than 8 Gig in size, and the first one. > --- end of quote --- > Can anyone confirm that the 8 gig limit doesn't apply to Jaguar > installed on a > drive on a pci ATA card? Mine is and it works fine, but it may well > be within > the limit. But I read somewhere... >
Possibly, depending on the card and version of OS X. Some cards behave as though they're SCSI controllers to the system, which get around the 8GB limit. OSX 10.2 correctly identifies some of them as ATA controllers making the 8GB limit real again. > Does anyone know if Jaguar performance is improved by a G4 > processor,i.e., does > it use Altivec? Yes, it does. > -- "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
