Bruce Johnson wrote: > > 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!
>>> 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. The specific requirement is that the boot volume (and thus it's partition) must be completely in the first 8Gb. That's actually the requirement of the installer. The real hardware limitation is that files used in the boot process up to some point must be within the first 8Gb. Basically the boot firmware doesn't know how to access files beyond 8Gb. You could build a system on a disk partition larger than 8Gb using a different computer and then boot it on one of the above machines. But if any critical file got moved above 8Gb it won't boot. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
