On Dec 3, 2004, at 03:34 am, Doug Throp wrote:
1. I have an 8500 with G4/450 MHz, 2 SCSI HDs, Radeon 7000, OS 10.2.8. I'm finally planning on upgrading to Panther (using XPostFacto). Currently my hard drives are divided into several partitions. I'm considering reformatting the Seagate Barracuda (removing it's partitions) and then doing a clean install on that HD. The Seagate is only about 17 GB. Because of that, I think I should put alias's of my photo and music folders from the other HD into Panther folders. Does this sound like a reasonable and safe approach? (My current main HD is a slower, Quantum Atlas IV with 34 GB.)
Seems like a sound plan to me, although as Gerald says it'd be better to have a small partition setup for OS 9 in case of emergencies. I find it invaluable on my 9600.
2. After upgrading to the newest version of Panther, can I safely copy applications from my OS 10.2.8 partition to the Panther applications folder, or are there other complicating factors I don't know about?
Most apps will just drag and drop, some have dependancies stored in /Library/Application Support/ or in /Library/ itself, or on /User/<name>/Library/. If you want to carry across your settings from the other install of OS X then you can also copy the contents of /Users/<name>/Library/Preferences/
3. Would I be better off copying my OS 10.2.8 partition to the initialized Seagate HD, and then try upgrading it to Panther?
No. Fresh installs are miles better, and make debugging problems way easier because you can just wipe the partition and start afresh. I struggled and swore a bit with Panther but it worked in the end, and it's a solid as a rock now.
-- Mark Benson
AIM - SilValleyPirate MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.68kmac.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson>
"Never send a human to do a machine's job."
-The Matrix
-- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
