On 1/1/11 1:17 PM, Dan wrote: > At 2:05 PM -0600 1/1/2011, Greg Kennedy wrote:
>> * My firmware is outdated (4.1.8f, latest from what I know is 4.2.8) >> but now that I have installed OS X I can't use the firmware updater. >> Okay, so I can put 9.2.2 back on here, does Disk Utility support >> nondestructive repartitioning so I don't lose my installation? > > No, it does not. But as long as you put the OS 9 drivers on the drive > in the first place, you can just add OS 9 to the boot volume. No need to > worry about OS X -- the two OSes know about each other. If you didn't > check that box to add the drivers, then you'll need to do OS 9 > elsewhere. Or, you can clone your OS X volume easily enough; no need to > reinstall things. Ooo, good point Dan, I forgot about that option. >> * Wireless - this has no Airport card in the little Airport card >> slot. I have no idea how to go about finding a solution for this and, >> probably, won't bother. I would imagine the expense would be pretty >> high for a compatible card. > > LEM Swap sometimes has them. There are 3rd party USB Wi-Fi dongle type > things, but their software sux. Easier to just go wired, IMO. Not to mention the USB ports on the machine do not have the bandwidth to support anything but 802.11B. It's not worth the effort, unless one had no other choice IMO. > There are ways to hack Leopard (10.5)'s installer to make it talk to a > 533-MHz G4, which would open the field for apps greatly, but I cannot > vouch for its overall performance. I know that others on this list have > put Leopard on older Macs. Perhaps they'll chime in wrt its performance. I did this on my DA 733 (single CPU) with the modified NVidia 5000 series FX card (stock video card from a G5) and 768 (I think) megs of RAM. Don't. 10.5 compared to 10.4 is a huge pig. I think the minimum CPU and memory specs that Apple listed for 10.5 were too generous. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
