netbsd works fine on a quadra 650 and a quadra 840av with a 36 gig 10k rpm disk scsi....it is an os thing i can only have a 4 ish gig partition in 7.5.3 when i had 7.5.3 on the quadra 840av On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Don wrote:
> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 04 23:25:52 -0500 > From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Quadlist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Quadlist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [q]Hard drive formatting / partition sizes > > >Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:11:59 -0800 > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Hi all. > > > >I have a Performa 636 who's hard disk failed (finally). It had OS 7.5.3 = > >on > >it. I replaced it with the smallest IDE drive I had - a 13 GB Quantum > >Fireball, but OS 7.5.x wouldn't initialize the drive successfully. > > > >I just received a copy of MacOS 8.1, and I booted the CD and initialized = > >the > >drive and installed 8.1 onto a single standard 13 GB partition (the = > >notes on > >the CD say that 68k based Mac's can't start from a HFS+ partition). > > > >When I remove the CD and reboot, I get a ? Mac - it can't find anything = > >to > >boot from. Does anybody have any ideas what I am doing wrong, or can = > >point > >me in the direction of what to do? > > > >Thank you! > > > >--> Russ > > I'm not remembering the source, but I recall long ago hearing some > comments on this list that there is a 2 gig limit for hard drive size > OR partition size. > > It seems to me that it was a limit based on using Apple software > to partition a drive on the 68 k processor machines ....I 'think' > before system 8.1 > > I seem to recall that if you get away from the Apple software and / > or get up to 8.1 that might relieve that issue and perhaps allow you > to make larger partitions or use larger drives. YMMV. > > Don > > -- > Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
