I replaced the internal CD drive with a DVD ROM, installed Tiger (which, indeed is pretty usable on this 450 MHz G3) and managed to grab the files I needed from the IDE HD!
many thanks, Ben On Dec 22, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Dec 22, 2008, at 2:37 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: > >> >> >> Ok, will install 10.3 and see, many thanks! >> >> Ben >> >>> >>> OS X 10.3 and higher can read NTFS, but you need to hack things >>> around >>> to write to them. (using MacFUSE and NTFS3G) >>> >>> However with 10.2.8, you're ool, I think. I don't remember ever >>> being >>> able to get NTFS working on the Mac back then. >>> > > > It will require patience...I remember being very excited that 10.3 was > going to have NTFS compatibility, but it's slooow. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
