William Bandes: > From: "William D. Bandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:05:30 -0700 > I am going to have to try using XPostFacto to install 10.4. If anyone > knows of something that I should watch out for, please let me know. I'm > just guessing that it should work essentially the same on the WallStreet > as 10.2.8 does. My serial keyboard works fine in 10.2.8, I am guessing > that it will still work in 10.4.
I had OS 10.2.8 installed on a PowerBook WallStreet (G3/300). The installation was native, i.e., it did not require XPostFacto. It works, but it is exceedingly slow to the point of being about not useable. I also had 10.2.8 installed on an upgraded 8500 (G4/450) via XPostFacto. It ran at a reasonable speed, but it was cranky, and caused several problems when I returned to OS 9.1. For one thing, all of the OS 10.2.8 invisible files were visible in OS 9.1's Finder. That can be very dangerous, if you just click ion the wrong icon, delete the wrong item, or change the wrong thing. I suspect that trying to upgrade the WallStreet to 10.4.x with XPostFacto will make the WallStreet too slow to use, if it works at all. In addition, I don't know what size HD you have on the WallStreet, but OS 10.4.8 needs a whole lott'a gigs o' hard disk space. One more thing... If I recall correctly, on a WallStreet, you will need partition the hard drive. OS X needs to be within the first 8 gigs of the hard disk partition. When I did the OS 10.2.8 installation on the WallStreet, there was no way to assure that the installation would go where it was required besides partitioning the hard drive into two partitions. That required erasing the drive. I had a backup drive onto which I could place my original internal drive's data before erasing and partitioning. You might want to take a look at this article: <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/dec03/120303.html#S16639> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
