Reducing system folder

2006-02-20 Thread Tannis Baker
Hi: I recently erased and installed OSX (Tiger) for the first time on my G3 Pismo (20 gb HD) after copying the entire HD onto a firewire external drive (possibly non-bootable - I just moved all the files) and burning the System folder intact onto a CD. I also have a 9.2.2 bootable

Pismo hanging

2006-01-29 Thread Tannis Baker
I just bought some new memory (upgrading to 768 from 512 mg) and a combo drive for my G3 Pismo operating 9.2.2. My relatively computer saavy and I installed it ourselves using the laptop's owner's manual - and all seemed to go well. The combo came with a variety of drivers for pismos operating

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread Tannis Baker
If you have 384 ram fitted then either the top or bottom already has 128 fitted meaning you would need another 256 chip. to get 512. Oops you are right, Vicki! That was a typo as I was looking at 256mg prices - but looks like I might be smarter to go for 512 since I have recently learned

Re: Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-02 Thread Tannis Baker
If you are not bothered about the cosmetics fitting flush, and you are also confident with the insides of the Mac and the drives. One more thing - what do you mean confident, Vicki? This machine has always worked beautifully for me - except for the OEM DVD-ROM drive which has never worked

Upgrading Pismo

2006-01-01 Thread Tannis Baker
Hi All! I just subscribed to this list as I need some advice. I have a G3 500/384/20 Pismo with a disfunctional OEM DVD-ROM drive running 9.2.2 which is networked to an iMac G5 (1.8/1GB/super-drive) through a modem/router. I read athttp://www.lowendmac.com/cwebb/05/1209.html that the pismo