On 4/20/10 2:41 PM, Elliott Price wrote:
With the first-generation G3 Macs, there were some drive addressing problems that prevented it to boot from OSX if it wasn't on the first 8Gb of the disk. This is my understanding of it, I may be wrong about why, but those models definitely have that restriction. I *think* it was only the G3 minitower, the G3 desktop, and maybe the Bondi iMac. If the HD is under 8Gb, then there's no problem.
I believe it applies to all tray loader iMacs which includes the next generation after the Bondi. And that group DID include a tangerine model. I was thinking there wasn't a tangerine in the tray loader clan which made me skip the 8Gb issue. You're right, that is a potential issue.
To the OP, does your new toy have a tray loader or slot loader optical drive. If you have a tray loader then you do need to partition the HD with a slightly less than 8Gb partition at the beginning of the HD to install OS X onto. If you have a slot loader then you don't need to partition the drive.
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