At 15:50 -0700 2005/11/22, Bruce Johnson wrote: >In some situations it's advantageous to partition the drive one for OS X and >one for OS9 but for day-to-day use you pprobably don't need it. > >However, if it's a beige G3, you DO have to partition the drive, because the >OS X boot drive/partition has to be smaller than 8 GB. This is also doable by >running Disk Utility from the OS X install.
1) Does the Beige G3 require that the OS X boot partition be within the FIRST 8GB of the drive? I remember that some systems require that.Perhaps it was systems using an ATA card -- I'm not sure. Does any body know what systems have some variant of this limitation? 2) Does this mean that a drive formatted on another system must have its OS X boot volume satisfy those restrictions in order to be bootable on the Beige G3, etc., or only that an installer running on one of the limited systems can't install X except in a volume meeting those restrictions? - Aaron P.S. I hope my late-night prose isn't too awkward to be understood. -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
