On Wednesday 24 March 2004 06:39 pm, Richard Starr wrote: > --- You wrote: > You need to create *two* partitions on that drive. The first one (at > the top of the little diagram of drive partitions in Disk Utility) > needs to be less than 8GB; mine is 7.8 GB, iirc. The rest of the drive > can be a single large partition. > --- end of quote --- > I don't get it, Bruce. I thought it simply needed the first 8 gigs. How > does what you suggest satisfy that? > > Rich
Just to clarify this a bit further, it HAS TO BE LESS THAN 8 Gb! I tried exactly 8 Gb and the OSX installer would have none of it! And if you plan to boot into OS 9 on that drive, be sure to install the OS 9 drivers. -- Just a message from Doug... -------------------------------------------- http://users.adelphia.net/~slugg0/index.html -- 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> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
