A couple more cents: I thought I would finally try to install OSX 10.2 on my 8500 thinking that if worked out, it might make some aspects of daily usage more to my liking. Having read quite a number of "gosh, what a total pain, many many hoops, yet XPostFacto did finally work for me..." I wondered about the sanity of my time spent.
I'll describe the system; PowerMac 8500/120 XLR8 ZIF Carrier (G4 capable)-Apple G3 450 (running @400mhz, bus @50mhz) ATI Rage 128 video(slot 1) ATTO SCSI card (plucked from Beige G3 - updated firmware to 1.6.6)(slot 2) IBM/Apple 9G Ultrawide SCSI - 68 pin cable to ATTO card (OS, boot drive) OEM Conner/Apple 1G - motherboard, SCSI 2 288M RAM (2x 128M, 4x OEM 8M) 24x CD drive (plucked from Beige G3) no floppy drive (discarded ;-)) ZIP 100 - to internal SCSI 2 XPostFacto 3.0b1 I placed the 10.2 install disc in the CD-ROM drive, started XPostFacto, restarted from the install disc, installed the system and re-booted into OS X for real. Not a single hitch. When updating via Software Update I found that the only way to get it to work for was to use the "download to desktop and install from there" method. I turn the machine off every now and again. It boots directly into OSX again, no questions. Seems weird to me. I thought this was supposed to be messy but ended up with a pretty nice little OSX box, fairly responsive. I'm shocked and pleased. XPostFacto rocked for me! A little more RAM and I'll be bringing it into daily use. May you be so lucky should you try this out! SG __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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
