My name is Robert and I am new to this list. I was recently given a Beige G3 Mini Tower. It did not have a hard drive installed. With the computer came a Seagate IDE 20 gig HD which I plan to install and initialize. I have never had a HD so large although it is modest by contemporary standards. I plan to install OS 9. I think I should partition the hard drive but I am not sure how many partitions to install. I am aware that there are different rationals for different numbers of partitions, but I don't know what they might be. I defiantly plan to use the web and e-mail. I will probably do a simple amount of graphics and maybe way down the road record some music. I don't have much time to learn a whole bunch of complicated programs, nor do I have much interest in that. So what do I do with a Hard Drive that looks as big as North America to me?
Also, is there a reset button on the mother board? I understand that if one is there, that it should be pressed when ever changes are made in hardware on the machine.
The front plates of the devise bays are missing so the machine looks a little like Frankenstein. The bottom bay has a Pioneer DVD ROM drive. The next bay up is a Yamaha CD burner (8,8,24). Third bay up is a CD player. The top bay is empty. I would like to put a floppy drive there. I've listed these devises because I am not sure how to get the drivers for them. Would OS 9 have them already?
Any help the list can give me on these matters would be greatly appreciated.
Robert
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