I think OSX requires an 8 gig partition. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Broadwater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: MacGroup: Installing Jaguar on a G3
> I have a beige desktop G3. It has an OrangeMicro USB/Firewire PCI card, and > a Sonnet G3 500mhz zip upgrade. I partitioned it into 6G for OS X and 3G > for OS 9. OS 9.2 is installed in the 2nd partition. > > I have tried installing the OS X into the first partition unsuccessfully > many, many times. I have tried with foreign fonts and BSD not included and > the full installation. The screen goes blank and everything stops > processing. I am not able to reactivate the screen, so I turn off the > computer. When I try to install again it says "You have selected to upgrade > ...." I have selected the upgrade option and the erase disk option. Same > results. > > Finally a successful installation. On restarting, it begins the spinning > below the gray apple and stops. In the upper left hand corner is > "sh-2.05a#". I can actually type on the screen. > > I have use Norton Disk Doctor. Everything is ok, but not with me. > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
