Thanks for the feed back on installing 10.2. I believe that I have decided to do the following. Keep in mind that having my machine completely and utterly in dissaray is not a major problem to me. After all, I used to format and reinstall 7.5-8.6 on a quarterly basis :)
1. Format my 14GB 10.1.5 partition (thus leaving me with a 9.1 part and a 9.2.2 (Classic) part) 2. Using XPF b7, fresh install 10.2 on the 14GB part. 3. Spend the next 8 weeks putting my files back into place :) Also: The 8GB limit is for IDE drives, but not all systems have this problem. Basic rule of thumb (if there is one) is that if you have native IDE on the motherboard, 8GB limit is in effect. If you are using and IDE-PCI card (like I am with the Sonnet Tempo), then you don't have the limit. Although, I hear that the limit *does* exist for the UltraTek, but I'm not sure. I currently have my 10.1.5 installed on a single 14GB partition (#1) with OS 9.1 on a 2GB (#2) and 9.2.2 on a 1GB (#3). I then have one more 650MB IDE drive that I use for swap and a 1GB SCSI I use for archiving *NIX software. -Robyn On Sunday, August 18, 2002, at 11:52 AM, Dan Stewart wrote: > You may be right. I've got a "9.1 gig" SCSI drive that actually > reports > itself as 8.48 gig. OS 10.1.5 is installed on this drive. > > I've got 10.2 installed on a 10 gig IDE drive. It's partitioned into > 7.5 > and 2.5 gig partitions. OS 10.2 is on the 7.5 partition. I tried to > install a 10.2 "test" partition on the 2.5, but it told me that the > partition was beyond the first 8 gig and was unuseable. > > I've always wondered why the SCSI drive didn't need to be partitioned. > Perhaps it *is* just IDE drives! > > Thanks for the heads up! > > Dan -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
