On Nov 9, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Charles Davis wrote:
> > > On Nov 8, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: > >> >> Can you have both 10.2 AND 10.4 on same disk? > > YES ---> use separate partitions! That's how you do it. > >> >> Some programs do not have newer versions, so to run them you need >> to run older 10.2 Not necessarily. Most programs that run in 10.2 will work in 10.4 unless they're specific 10.2 utilities and the like. What specific programs have you run into like that? >> just like we did for 8 and 9 long ago. But with 8 >> and 9, the demands were less stringent than those of 10.*. >> >> Do all 10s require you to be in the first 4GB of the disk? > > NO [I think it's a 'hardware dependent' sort of thing. I.E older G3 > & G4 systems primarily. NO system ever required OS X to be in the first 4 GB of a disk. Beige G3's, the Wallstreet Powerbook G3, and the first-gen iMacs, AND ONLY THOSE SYSTEMS required OSX (version 10.1 and 10.2) to be installed in a maximum 8 Gb boot volume, which had to be the first partition on the boot device. > >> How could you then have both 10s working? You can't, barring running it in a virtual machine, which can be done in a limited fashion on Intel Macs ( see a recent MacOSX Hints item on doing this) >> What does 10.4 require? Official requirements for OS X 10.4 are here <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514 > Note this is official requirements; the installer will run and Apple will support OS X on these systems. -- Bruce Johnson "No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
