At 02:35 -0500 03/22/2002, Nancy Haitz wrote:
>My memory is getting bad... I can not remember the exact particulars, >but there is a problem with older versions of the operating system and >their inability to recognize a hard drive over a certain size. You had >to partition the drive into several chunks if your hard drive exceeded >the limit. > > Anybody remember the specifics? Really old OSs like before 7.5.1 or something didn't support volumes larger than 2 GB or some such. But I don't remember exactly where the switch occured. It could have been at OS 7.01 or it could have been 7.6. Older Macs including the NuBus PowerMacs have problems booting from a volume larger than 2 GB. Once it's booted up they run fine with data and application volumes larger than 2 GB, they just have trouble with the bootable OS copy being on a volume larger than 2 GB. It would be nice to have a table that shows which OS version implemented larger volume support and which OS version works with which class of Mac. Like, I believe, OS 8.1 is the last to support non-PowerMacs. Is that right? 7.6.1 is the last to support pre-68040 Macs. 68030 Macs that do not have 32 bit clean ROMs (pre IIci) only go to OS 7.5.5 or some such. My memory is vague on all of those, which is why a table would be nice. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Processors, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
