I installed OS X 10.2 yesterday on (the first partition of) my ATA drive formatted with Silverlining Pro 6.4. It boots into X with no problem!
- Aaron >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PCI PowerMacs) >Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 20:42:39 -0700 >From: megrant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Silverlining Pro volume formatting problem. > >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 -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
