Thanks so much...helps TONS! I can't wait to soup this imac up, it is going to be so nice...and my wife will have no idea what she has...LOL
Jace -----Original Message----- From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Moser Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 6:06 PM To: iMac List Subject: Re: imac 333 tray loading Jace, When you run the Installer in OS X, you can stop and go up to the Finder and launch the Disk Utilities and format the drive BEFORE you do the install...it's one of the niceties of using OS X. On the older iMacs, try to be sure that the partition upon which you will be installing OS X is no larger than 8 Gb (because not all Gb's are created equal! 1000 Mb vs. 1024 Mb...so play it safe and make the drive something like 7.5 Gb). Does this help? Dennis Moser On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 16:17 US/Central, Jace Byers wrote: > So, what your saying is, I have to partition the disk before an > install? > 8gb/120gb or something of that nature, just not over 8gb? > > Sorry for the dumb questions, I am completely new to os x and have > been running os 9 for a LONG time.....this is so fun though, I am so > glad these imacs are so upgradable...my wife is so happy. > > Jace > > "That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time." ~~~~ John Stuart Mill -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
