I have found the fix of the year when it comes to OS 10.2. I am sure that everyone is sick of the 8GB partition limitation that is placed on the older mac owners who wish to run 10.2, right..... Well, I have solved it, so get out your spare 4GB apple hard drives that are collecting dust and put them to good use. Here is what to do about that 8GB partion issue, well at least for those of us that do not have an Acard Ahard.
What I did was to install OS 10.2 to the 4GB hard drive that I had laying around the house. Just do your regualr install of the OS, but make sure to have the high capacity hard drive hooked up as well during this. If you have a third party IDE controller hook both of the drives up to it. It is very important that you have the drives on the same kind of IDE controller to work, wheather it is the on board one or a third party controller. After the installation of the OS is complete, dont waste time downloading system updates.... those can wait. Instead download Carbon Copy Cloner, dont worry the software is "donateware", it is a comlete full version for OS 10.2.X. Run CCC, select your source and target drives, and hit copy. This will take awhile to do cause there is going to be a little over 2GB of data to copy over to the new high capacity hard drive that the OS installer wants you to only use 8GB of. After copying is complete, go to the file menu on CCC and select the option to "Bless Old World Target Drive", YOU MUST DO THIS OR THE DRIVE WILL NOT BOOT ON YOUR OLD MAC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After you "Bless Old World Target Drive", turn the system off, take out the 4GB hard drive, make your high capacity hard drive the main drive of the system, and let her rip. It worked for me and it should work for you. You dont have to have 800 little hard drives cluttering up your desktop and you will have won the war over the 8GB partition issue that is so common among older macs. I have a 30GB HDD and it is now one whole drive and not broken into 2 different drives. -- 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
