I don't have a panther disk, So I thought I would just ask. Is the disk utility on panther the same version as is on Tiger? Can you run Tigers Disk Utility under Panther?
Glad it worked out out for you! Gus. On Aug 4, 9:21 am, Mike Linnett <mike.dogho...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 4 Aug 2010, at 15:13, Al Poulin <alfred.pou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Aug 4, 4:02 am, Mike Linnett <mike.dogho...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Howdy all, > > >> Is it advisable to use leopards disk utility to repair a drive with tiger > >> installed on it, or is that likely to mess things up on the tiger volume? > > >> Backstory is that I'm visiting my grandmother who has an iMac g3 running > >> tiger, and I thought I'd run through onyx's maintenance stuff while I'm > >> here and it says to boot from the install disk to repair the hard drive, > >> but I'm sans install disk, but do have my PowerBook with me, which is > >> running leopard. I figured I'd boot the iMac into target disk mode and > >> repair it from the PowerBook, but slightly concerned about the different > >> os versions. > > > On a hunch, I would download the Tiger version of OnyX to the > > PowerBook and use that to treat the iMac. And I would check to see if > > there is a difference between OnyX versions for G3/4/5 machines as > > opposed to Intel machines. > > > Al Poulin > > Ahh well, I repaired the disk (twice, to be sure) from leopard, re-ran the > tests and stuff and it all seems to be ok. From what I can see there's > different versions of onyx based on which version of osx you're running, but > that's about it. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
