Re: OSX on a Kanga partition?

2004-03-03 Thread Phil Burk
On Mar 2, 2004, at 8:39 PM, kaldav wrote: 1. Does that mean I will have to reformat the drive and make one partition only 8 gb or less? Yes. 2. How do I know which partition is the FIRST 8 gb to install onto? Thanks. Use Drive Setup. The partition at the top will be the first. Phil Burk

Re: strategy for repartitioning drive

2004-03-02 Thread Phil Burk
ition? Then I'm thinking, how can get all this stuff back on there when the wallstreet will have empty drive. What about using bootcd to create bootable cd before I copy, and include CCC. Can I boot the wallstreet off the cd and use ccc to copy everything back from the ib

Re: strategy for repartitioning drive

2004-03-02 Thread Phil Burk
everything, repartition and copy it back? John, There is no "easy" way of repartitioning a drive without risking data loss. It can be done but I wouldn't recommend it. Use CCC to copy the data you want and then repartition

Re: Can this Wallstreet be saved?

2004-03-02 Thread Phil Burk
#x27;d have to restart & figure out how far the transfer had gotten. Then the last 6 gigabytes or so transfered without error! Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is

Re: Users, Partitions, and Panther Question

2004-03-02 Thread Phil Burk
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Re: Re - Spam volume

2004-02-27 Thread Phil Burk
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Re: USB to ethernet

2004-02-26 Thread Phil Burk
print server is compatible. They run around $75-80. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicsht

Re: New PB user questions

2004-02-24 Thread Phil Burk
It also seems to get very hot on the bottom--Is this normal and OK? I have a 1 GHz Titanium and it gets hot too. I use a Podium CoolPad stand to elevate the back end of the computer and put some airflow between me and the bottom of it. Works like a champ. I believe the Apple Stores sell th

Re: REally stupid question

2004-02-23 Thread Phil Burk
me as the "owner" of the folder. If not, type the following: # sudo chown yourusernamehere:staff nameoffolder enter your password at the prompt. To get rid of the lock, type the following: # sudo chflags nouchg,noschg nameof folder If you have any questions yo

Re: Basilisk II in panther

2004-02-23 Thread Phil Burk
n OS higher that 7.x/8.x? Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Ref

Re: Adhesive for Foot pads?

2004-02-13 Thread Phil Burk
On Feb 12, 2004, at 6:14 PM, markemmanuel wrote: What's a good adhesive to apply to the original feet and keep it there. I'm looking for an adhesive that won't ruin the plastic on my pismo's case. This one's easy.

Re: The fun I've been having

2004-01-28 Thread Phil Burk
be preserving current users and network settings. This shouldn't matter if you have a complete backup as you'll be able to restore bits and pieces of your home directory as needed. As long as you don't completely replace your

Re: TCP/IP over FW (Was FW disk mode crashed host)

2004-01-28 Thread Phil Burk
oth 400 and 800 flavors: http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg30_firewirerepeaters.htm $49 and $79, respectively. I don't think TCP/IP over FireWire is available for MacOS 8/9. Not unless someone besides Apple has written an extension for it. Highly unlikely. Phil Burk

The fun I've been having

2004-01-28 Thread Phil Burk
sue the following command: sudo chown -R [yourusername]:staff * in your home directory. This will make sure that you own all the items in there. I would also pull that second 256 MB chip and run it for a good couple of days and notice if there is a significant difference. Finally

Re: The fun I've been having

2004-01-28 Thread Phil Burk
rd PowerBook, aka Lombard. 333MHz overclocked to 433MHz, 512 MB of Kingston RAM (2x256MB), 40 GB Toshiba MK4019GAX hard drive. Runs hot, but the fan never comes on. A bit slow but very stable under Jaguar. Nice catch. I completely skimmed that... Phil Burk __

TCP/IP over FW (Was FW disk mode crashed host)

2004-01-28 Thread Phil Burk
er FW, it's just a quiet mumble in some hidden memory... Please do spill the beans, Dan! Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.alksoft.com/> Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! <http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/> Phil Burk

Fwd: Hard Drive Upgrade Problem

2004-01-05 Thread Phil Burk
so far, no satisfaction. Glenn, It seems that the 30 gig drive needs to be initialized. Boot from your Panther install CD and run Disk Utility from the Installer menu. Initialize the drive. If you want to make this drive readable from OS 9 make sure to install the OS 9 driver

Fwd: DiskWarrior problem

2003-12-02 Thread Phil Burk
On Dec 2, 2003, at 4:39 AM, Darin Ames wrote: on 12/2/03 1:13 AM, Michel Treisman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Phil Burk and Darin for comments. I tried running DW from the CD but even that does not seem to work OK. It found stuff wrong with one partition, rebuilt the directory for

Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-02 Thread Phil Burk
es of more efficient organization I eventually run out of space on one partition or another. Depends on your usage, of course... Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is spons

Fwd: Partition my drive or not...

2003-12-02 Thread Phil Burk
es of more efficient organization I eventually run out of space on one partition or another. Depends on your usage, of course... Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 46256 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is spons

Re: DiskWarrior problem

2003-12-01 Thread Phil Burk
t;. I have tried to put it right with DiskUtility, Repairing permissions, running DW on it from the CD. But still I get this message about service failure. Any ideas what this might be? If I'm not mistaken you shouldn't be able to successfully run DW under Panther. Boot from a Jag

Re: Pismo rubber feet

2003-11-19 Thread Phil Burk
nice glop of glue out onto any surface the glue used maintains a high degree of viscosity yet harders to a nice rubbery feel. It's a great solution and one I plan on testing. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing

Re: Wallstreet sound card replacement

2003-10-28 Thread Phil Burk
I think). I've done this procedure in less than 40 minutes and I was being VERY careful. YMMV. If you've worked on hardware before you shouldn't have any trouble. Do you have the take-apart instructions? Phil Burk ___ Sy

Re: Battery and screen care

2003-10-09 Thread Phil Burk
he computer plugged in or not; I've run my battery down multiple times and have not yet noticed any dropoff in available charge. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I wouldn't worry too much about it. Phil Burk ___ Systems

Re: System version on 12" PB 867

2003-10-07 Thread Phil Burk
. Mac OS X may not have drivers. Hal, you may be better off by doing your clone and then reinstalling OS X from the DVD that shipped with that Al PowerBook. You can choose to preserve all users and groups - that will preserve the /Users folder where preferences live and the account information.

Re: Wallstreet serial number...

2003-09-25 Thread Phil Burk
orted by different support articles at Apple. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106529 (indicates the S# is in the firmware) http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=21103 (indicates the S# is on the hard drive) There is a tool to fix the missing serial number issue but it's on

Re: Error Msg of Inpending Doom?

2003-08-14 Thread Phil Burk
ure. But I suspect that you have the same problem I do and that it is related to the disk controller on the motherboard. OS X is much more forgiving of hard drive directory issues than OS 9 is. ___

Re: PC Card no longer works

2003-07-24 Thread Phil Burk
. Is that done the same way as in OS9? Yes. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalld

Re: eBay

2003-07-17 Thread Phil Burk
r resale on auction sites at a good price because of employee purchases. I don't think it happens often but it can happen. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 317-572-3049 -- G-Books i

Re: 12" Speed

2003-06-06 Thread Phil Burk
d, so let's go back to helpful topics. Thank you. -Laurent. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Ele

Re: 12" Speed

2003-06-06 Thread Phil Burk
d, so let's go back to helpful topics. Thank you. -Laurent. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 317-572-3049 Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Techni

Re: Second Warning

2003-06-06 Thread Phil Burk
r macfixit. Phil Burk ___ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. Indianapolis, IN 317-572-3049 -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Ch