On 12/12/03 9:10 AM, "walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi listers, > > I was wondering if anyone remembers whether slot-loading iMac are > subject to the 'first eight Gb' restriction for boot-up partitions. I > searched Apple support in vain. > > The reason being that while on my Firewire iBook I've two partitions > that both work as startup disks, a similar arrangement on the iMac is > not working -i.e., if I try to boot up from the third partition, I get > no joy. The current partitioning is roughly 17/3/8 GB. I cloned the > system from the first partition to the third one, but, as I say, I > can't start up from it. > > This happens under 10.2.3. Firmware is 4.1.9. > > Thanks, > > Walter > My slot-loading iMac works great with a 20 GB partition as the first one. No 8 mb limit. -- Bruce ____________________________________________________ B R U C E K. klutch-at-erols.com
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