Charles Davis wrote: > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:47 PM, dc wrote: > >> First off, you can't swap a drive from a beige G3 into a G4 an expect >> it to boot; it won't have the proper drivers/extensions for a G4. It >> doesn't mean there was anything wrong with the hard drive. > > Unfortunately, this statement is INCORRECT. > The controlling items are, whether or not the 'Beige' installation > has been stripped down to the bare minimum of what the 'Beige' needs, > or not. > A 'Garden variety' installation puts almost everything possibly > useful onto the HD, and THAT installation will boot a G4. I've done > it. In fact I still have an external SCSI HD that works quite well on > either system (as long as SCSI is available on the G4). > > You need to not make positive statement of a general nature when in > fact they are true only for specific conditions.
For OS X, the standard install does put in almost everything. In OS 9, as in this case, the standard install puts in a machine specific configuration. You CAN do a full install and it will work on any machine supported. But a full install is not the default. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
