I didnt get the other messages until now and I tried it last night. it wouldnt boot into the 10.3.9 partition so I grabbed my handy 10.2 install disc and dropped that in there. It recognized the disc and just restarted, then no video from my VGA PCI card, so I tried the Apple Display port, when you press the power button my monitor recognizes it for a few seconds then says no input.... I took the install disc out and I have the same behavior. Either way, I have another one with a lot more features and port on it which may make for a good candidate. I have to go now but will be home around 3:15 est. -Jeremiah
________________________________ From: Kris Tilford <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 10:14:25 PM Subject: Re: Beige PowerMac G3 266 Firmware On Jan 12, 2011, at 5:18 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: > Thanks for the tip! I'll boot up the ol' iMac and install XpostFacto after >dinner and get with everyone with a progress report. No! Bruce was right, the Beige has the 1st 8GB restriction, you may corrupt the HD if you do this!@! In order to make this work, you'd either need to add a partition within the 1st 8GB or boot the HD from an external Firewire enclosure (only the Beige internal ATA bus has this crazy 1st 8GB restriction). There are ways to "non-destructively" add a partition, but these generally require at least Leopard or Snow Leopard to non-destructively add a partition using Disk Utility. There are other programs such as iPartition that can add a partition to a active HD. --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 -- 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
