On Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at 08:45 , Alex Nonnemacher wrote: > Roger's right; on the older G3 machines, the first partition has to have > X installed on it for X to boot.
Maybe that's why my G3 (Gossamer tower) won't boot 10.1. Attempting to stretch the multi-boot capabilities of Mac OS, I had wanted to make mine a OS X Server 1.2/OS X 10.1/OS 9 tri-boot system. I made two partitions below 8 gigs: one UFS for OS X Server, and one HFS+ for OS 9/X. OS 9 and OS X Server are fine, but OS X 10.1 won't install (I get an OpenFirmware prompt on OS X 10.1's reboot). Partition 1 is UFS, partition 2 is HFS+, and partition 3 (the rest of the 20 gig drive) is HFS+. OS X Server runs fine on partition 1, and OS 9 runs fine on partition 2. I can switch between the two at will -- too bad OS X Server doesn't have a Startup Disk Control Panel; I have to boot the OS 9 CD to switch. I tried the Startup Disk Control Panel in the 8.6 Blue Box, but that didn't have any effect. OS X asked whether I wanted to install on the UFS or HFS+ partition below 8 gig; the other HFS+ partition was greyed out because it exceeded the 8 gig limit. I told it I wanted to install on the HFS+ partition; it did its thing for a while, but on reboot it took me into OpenFirmware saying it couldn't find a boot device or something. I ended up rebooting from the OS 9 CD and using the Startup Disk control panel to boot into OS X Server, then I erased OS X 10.1 from the HFS+ partition. Oh well. It's really going to be just an OS X Server machine anyway... I was just goofing around. Eagle -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
