From: Kevin Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:02:02 -0500
I currently have OS 10.2.8 running on my 8600 with a NewerTech G3/300 upgrade. I recently bought a 18 GB drive that I plan to install and use as my start up disk. So, I will be starting with a fresh install of X and I was hoping to get some advice on the best way to do it.
I don't have a 9.1 installation CD, so I will copy my 9.1 system folder over to the new HD. Then, I plan on upgrading to 9.2.2 and then install X over that. Should X be on it's own partition, or does it need to be with 9.2.2? If partitioning is the way to go, what would be the best scheme?
Thanks,
Kevin
Why are you upgrading to 9.2.2? I've found 9.1 to be a great OS and very trouble free. I upgraded to 9.2.2 because of a Radeon 7000 which needs some the video files in 9.2.1/22 to run at it's best. I have odds & ends of issues I never had with 9.1 and since I don't use it much I've never found a fix for. 9.1 works great as classic with OSX. So I saw think twice about upgrading.
If only there was some way to get the word out regarding the much mentioned 8gb limit of Old World Macs. This makes it clear that if you repeat something often enough it will be believed true or not ;-) The only Macs with this limit are Beige G3's using the on board ide bus and machines with VST and Sonnet/Promise IDE PCI cards added. Which means any machine with SCSI drives as OSX boot drives and Acard IDE PCI cards aren't effected. Acard also makes the SGII & Sonnet ATA 66 cards. They also don't have the 8gb issue. MAYBE IF I SHOUT PEOPLE WILL HEAR THIS AND QUIT PRINTING BAD INFO ?????YOU THINK??????
It is easier to use utilities and fix issues with OSX if it's on it's own partition rather then mixed with OS 9.x . I have OS 9.x on a 4 gb partition and OSX on a 7 gb partition and those are good sizes for me. I have videos and extra files on the rest of the drive. A really large partition for a bootable drive also means long waits to run utilities like Disk Warrior and Nortons etc. Best of luck Will S
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