On Dec 27, 2008, at 8:28 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote:
> > To answer several questions: > > I bought this machine basically to learn about Macs. I also own and > use Linux > and (unfortunately, due to my job) Windows machines. My interest in > OS9 is > basically self-educational, not utilitarian. although I like the > system. I also > installed a decent sound card (m-Audio 2496), and plan to use it for a > music > workstation; I have lots of older open-reel tapes that I would like to > convert > to digital, edit to improve the lost high frequencies, and record to > CD's. > > In my original installation, I had an 80GB PATA HD containing 10.4.11, > and a second > 250 GB PATA HD with two partitions, one containing OS9, and the other > for file > storage from 10.4. I used one of the "hacks" reported in these pages > to gain > 48-bit addressing, and that worked fine. When I booted 10.4, Classic > would also > boot; I could watch OS9 load during the boot process. The OS9 icon > would bounce/flash > until the load was completed. Then, I could click on an OS9 app icon, > and it would load > immediately. I have some old OS9 software, which I admit are mostly > curiosities, > but they run better on this machine by far than on my G3 iMac. > > So I installed the SATA card (an Acard AEC-6290M from OWC) with a 160 > GB SATA > drive with two partitions, the first of which I installed OS9 onto, > and the second 10.4. > I put the 250 GB PATA drive into an OWC Neptune case, and used that > with CCC > to transfer the 10.4 install onto the 160 GB's second partition. I > then reinstalled > OS9 and the apps onto the first partition, because I was beginning to > have this > error message while it was still running on the PATA drive, and went > from there. > Afterward, I started having this odd error message about not having a > good system > file on the startup disk whenever I shut the machine down (it won't > sleep because > of the USB 2.0 card). > > So, to be very specific, this is a DA with dual 533 MHz processors, > 1.5 GB of > RAM, a flashed GeForce 6200 video card (which has been great), a DVD- > RAM, > 10.4.11, and the above mentioned HD's. It also has a USB 2.0 card and > a > Sweet Multiport, for what that's worth. Overall, it's a nice system, > and one I've > enjoyed. I may yet, again for self-educational purposes, install an > aftermarket > processor. I certainly can't justify it in terms of bang for the buck; > it would have > been cheaper from the get-go to find a dual 1.8 GHz G5 to start with. > But I'm > having fun, and that's the issue. > > I would prefer for the system to behave like it used to, with OS9 > kicking in at > boot and remaining ready to go. That SHOULD be a simple thing to fix!!!! Goto 'System Preference/System/Classic, and there is a box to check to have OS9 load at startup. > I'm trying to understand why it's > behaving > the way it is. No, it's not life-threatening; but enquiring minds want > to know! > > Thanks for all your input. For the benefit of others, I'll report back > on my > findings. > > - Michael B. in Cincinnati > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
