I've been asked if Mac users can format hard disks on older Power Macintoshes (that originally shipped with one of the following: 601, 603, 603e, 604, 604e PowerPC CPUs, G3 CPUs, including "Beige" G3s, older iMacs, "Blue & White" G3s, and G4 CPUs like the "YIKES" G4s, and the original "SAWTOOTH" G4s) with APPLE's Drive Setup 2.0.7 and then install any of the following OS versions if their machine(s) are supported: Mac OS 8.1, 8.5, 8.5.1, 8.6, 9.0, 9.0.4, 9.1 or 9.2.x?
The only reference I can find at all is an APPLE Drive Setup version history page on APPLE's site (AppleCare Document: 22167 Apple Hard Disk: Driver Matrix - Drive Setup <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=22167>), but it contains no information as to which Drive Setup versions are compatible with which Traditional and/or Mac OS X OS versions. Patricia Corrigan's "Hard Drive Partition" question to Charles W. Moore <http://www.applelinks.com/articles/2002/10/20021014121013.shtml#66> is regarding the very same type of issue: ----------------------------- Hard Drive Partition >From Patricia Corrigan I noticed in your review of David Pogue's book, you mentioned that you have partitioned your hard drive and are able to run OS 9 and OS 8.5 (and OS 8.1). How did you do that? I just installed a 60GB hard drive on my G3 minitower, and put three partitions on it. I then installed 9.2.1 on the largest partition, and want to install 8.5 on a smaller one so that I can continue to play older games. However, every time I try to install 8.5 I get a message that Drive Set cannot be opened or fails. Is there anyway to now install 8.5 after 9.2.1 was in{s}talled and the drivers updated? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ----------------------------- I believe that detailed information regarding this issue needs to discovered and posted. -Martin Totusek -- 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
