Each of you filled in a part of the puzzle for me. Thanks much! On Monday, January 28, 2013 3:04:04 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > > > On Jan 28, 2013, at 12:24 PM, kimtoufectis <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > I'm getting a G4 iMac ready to sell (I'm not willing to give up the G4 > "Sunflower" form factor so I found a faster one with a larger display). > You'd think a 10-year old mac user would know what to do, but no dice; as a > non-techie I need some step-by-step guidance. > > > > I bought it used 18 months ago with 10.5.8 installed. The prior user > swept it pretty clean beforehand and set up a 15 GB bootable "Recovery" > partition on the hard drive in addition to the 105 GB "OS X" partition from > which it boots. I imagine this is the key to putting the machine back the > way I got it. I think what I want to do is boot from the Recovery > partition, then overwrite the current main partition with another version > of the recovery partition. Questions: > > 1. Can I do this from Disk Utility or do I need other software to > proceed? > > 2. What are the steps I need to follow to proceed? > > You're on the right track: > > 1) Boot from your recovery partition by holding down the Option key while > starting up. > 2) Start Disk Utility and erase the larger partition. > 3) Presuming that the "recovery" disk was set up with the OS X installers, > install OS X on the freshly erased "drive". > 4) To leave it ready for the next users, just quit the new user dialog > like Dale says.. > > > To install the Ralink drivers and have them work 'Out of the box' is a > little more complex, maybe. > > First thing to try is run the installer and see if it will let you select > the new Main drive as the place to install them; if it does, then just > install and go. > > If it does not, then you'll have to actually boot from the new drive, > create an admin user, install the drivers, then delete the user as > described in this hint: < > http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071030151739791> > > The warning here about being careful with dscl is correct, and all those > dots and spaces in the command are important. > > It may well be far simpler to save the installer on the newly formatted > disk after installing OS X and give the new person a note saying "Run this > thing first!" to install the drivers. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > >
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