> OK. This was a 30 gig drive on the motherboard bus of my Beige MT (rev 1 > board > rev 3 rom.) I formatted the drive using Disk Utility in 10.2.8. I did not > partition it. I chose to include the os 9 drivers. Then I tried to install > 10.3.0 using XPostFacto. The installer said it couldn't install since it > needed > to install in the first 8 gigs. > > That's it. So I had to install on anther drive that the machine thinks is > scsi > so the 8 gig limit didn't apply. I'm probably better off using one of my > faster > pci mounted drives for Panther anyway, but I still don't know why the > installer > didn't think it had those first 8 gigs.
OK Richard, you need a partition that is 8 gigs or less. Install OSX on that partition. Jim -- 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
