On Thursday 04 March 2004 08:55 am, William Ove wrote: > On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 23:16:21 -0500, G-List wrote: > From: "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snippage> > > > If it is your intention to have OS X then it will have to be on the > first partition and that partition will need to be less than 8 gig. > > > </snippage> > > > >Is this a limit of the beige G3? Will I have to make an 8G or smaller > >partition on my QS when I get it to install OS X? > > The 8 gig limit only applies to the Beige G3 machine. On the > QuickSilver machines all the MacOSes can reside on a single partition. > > If you plan on installing a variation of Linux, it will need to be > installed on its own partition with its own file system. > > This thread has become confusing. The initial question about installing > Linux, concerned installation on a Beige G3 and has since been joined > by questions concerning installation on newer machines. The "A > Companion to Installing Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1" PDF available from > Yellow Dog covers install issues for older Macs such as the Beige G3 as > well as newer Macs like the QuickSilver. > > bill > -- > \/\/i||[EMAIL PROTECTED] ()\/e
Hi Bill, I'm the one who started this thread and Rad seems to have taken it off in a different direction. I did download and read the PDF file and from what I gathered from a cursory exam was that it says that YDL must be first. So is it possible to put the OS-X partition just within the first 8 Gb limit or does it have to be on the first physical partition? With the Mac now residing in it's new PC case, I have plenty of room to put another drive in, so would that be a better way to do it? I did see where YDL must be on the master drive in a 2 drive setup so how would that affect OS-X? On the PC I use a program called Boot It NG, which handles all my booting chores for the various operating systems I have installed. It works very well. Is there something similar for the Mac? Sorry for the confusion, that is why I'm doing this off-list. -- Just a message from Doug... -------------------------------------------- http://users.adelphia.net/~slugg0/index.html -- 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
