On Thursday, September 05, 2002 6:52 AM, Alan Kim queried . . . At the risk of getting lynched, with zillions of threads on X and all, I want to ask a "yes/no" question and I'll start a search from there....
1. If I am currently at 9.1 and purchased a legal copy of Jaguar (or any retail version of X), can I install X straight from 9.1 ? Uh, this would be for an S900 w/ NewerTech 250/166 G3. Loaded questions for sure but as I said, a very blunt "yes" or "no" would be enough for me to start combing through the archives and elsewhere for more details on such things as Xpostfacto, etc. Thanks, Alan Perfectly content with 9.1 but finally a bit curious about all the fuss over X.... -- Alan, I just took the plunge myself with an S900, UltraPlex 32X CD, Sonnet G4-450, SIIG EIDE133 PCI card, Barricuda 60GB EIDE drive partitioned into 6 9.2GB partitions. All the card slots are full, Intex USB, Adaptec FW, Orange Micro UW SCSI, ATI Rage Pro Video. I used XpostFacto 2.2, Apple Drive setup from MacOS 9.1 to partition the drive, Installed 9.1, ran XpostFacto and a little over an hour later, I was up on Jaguar. I named 1 partition Jaguar, 1 Classic, and 1 MacOS 9.1. (Still working on names for the other partitions.) If you intend to separate Classic and your bootable MacOS 9.x, you need to install MacOS 9 twice, once for bootable and once for X Classic. Everything worked including; a 60GB Que M3 FW drive, a Logitech 3 button Scroll mouse, adb KB & mouse, 9 GB UW external SCSI, internal SCSI. Even my Compact Flash card reader mounted and showed up on the desk top. However, as some others have pointed out, I can not get "Classic" to start. It offers to upgrade to 9.2, but then fails to start. (I understand that some are not having this problem, so YMMV.) Then, due to my own error, I had to re-install X and 9.1. A few problems, including the loss of my UW SCSI drive (Now it does not mount or show up). However, this is a work in process, and I am becoming enthused as I go. I do recommend that you do not do the install until you have a couple of days to experiment, debug, or whatever. I have two other Macs (another S900 and a G4-500) so the Xperiment can drag on for a while. I am anxious to test my internal 1.2GB MO and 1.5GB SyJet drives as well as an External Jaz 1GB. I am also testing (finally) the Velocity 128MB Dimms. The Xperimental S900 (and the other one as well) are grinding away on my Velocity Sandwich �Jeff Walther. (2 DIMMs have already passed 2500 iterations.) So X is currently dormant, but not for long. Good luck. wka -- 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
