I've been following this thread as I wish to try OS X, for the fun of it.
8.6 is so stable.
I recently read,
"You need a disk that was formatted with Apple's Drive
Setup or Intech's Hard Disk SpeedTools
In order to boot Mac OS X on older machines, the disk you are using to boot
from must have been formatted with Apple's Drive Setup or Intech's Hard Disk
SpeedTools. Disks formatted with other formatting utilities generally are not
bootable on older machines with Mac OS X. (The symptom is that when you try to
reboot, you will end up back in Mac OS 9 instead of Mac OS X). If you are using
Intech's Hard Disk SpeedTools, make sure that you have upgraded to the most
recent version, as previous versions had some difficulty with the Mac OS X
Installer.
Once you have Mac OS X installed, it is possible to use the Mac OS X Disk
Utility to format disks. However, those disks do not appear to be bootable on
older machines, even if you check the "Install Mac OS 9 Drivers" checkbox. So it
seems best to use the Mac OS 9.x version of Drive Setup to format drives
instead."
This can be found @
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto.html#macos9
My problem is I can't remember what I used to format the 100GB ATA drive I want
to put it on. I just learned that it can go on the second partition and not the
first, thanks to this fabulous list I love to lurk on.
Marsha
Harbourmaster wrote:
> Steve,
>
> It must not have been formatted with the latest version of HDST v3.5
> which works quite well with X.
>
> >Kyle,
> >
> >Maybe, but when I tried to install OSX on a drive I formatted with Intechs
> >Hard Disk Speed Tools, it said it would not install OSX because the drive was
> >not formatted with Apples formatting software. I ended up returning the drive
> >just for that reason.
> >
> >STeve
> >
> ><< Silverlining is about the worst disk formatting utility known to man. The
> >problems you describe do not even phase me. FWB is just a hair better. If
> >you want a good disk utility get "Hard Disk Speed Tools" by Intech USA. IT
> >will take over almost any drive or partition that you are having a problem
> >with. >>
> >
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