[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I've heard mention several times of these older G3s having issues when 
> boot partitions are larger than 8gigs: this machine boots from a small 
> drive used exclusively to hold the OS, but the 40gig secondary drive is 
> partitioned in four and the 'top' partition is larger than 8gigs - am I 
> playing with fire or does the '8gig problem' only apply to the boot 
> drive?

The 8Gig problem applies exclusively to installoing and running OSX off 
the boot drive...if you're running OSX, you've evaded the problem.


-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs




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