any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread kaldav
Hello, Can anyone tell me if OSX 10.4 must be installed on the first 8 gb of a hard drive on a Pismo? Thanks. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread chris
Can anyone tell me if OSX 10.4 must be installed on the first 8 gb of a hard drive on a Pismo? I recently upgraded my Pismo's drive to a 60 GB drive and I cloned my 10.3 install to that drive. I did not partition the drive in any way and all works just fine, so I'd have to guess that no, there

Re: any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 9, 2005, at 5:48 AM, kaldav wrote: Hello, Can anyone tell me if OSX 10.4 must be installed on the first 8 gb of a hard drive on a Pismo? No. The ONLY machines that this limit applies to are: WallStreet, Beige G3s and the first generation iMacs. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig

Re: any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread Tom W.
Interestingly though, I have a Wallstreet upgraded to a G4 with a 60 gig drive and while I could not install Panther on it unless I partitioned it, Tiger installed just fine using Xpostfacto (I hope I spelled that right). Tom On 12/9/05, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 9, 2005, at

Re: any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:24 AM -0500 12/9/05, chris wrote: Can anyone tell me if OSX 10.4 must be installed on the first 8 gb of a hard drive on a Pismo? I recently upgraded my Pismo's drive to a 60 GB drive and I cloned my 10.3 install to that drive. I did not partition the drive in any way and all works just

Re: any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread chris
While it's true the Pismo doesn't have the limit, that it worked in this case isn't a valid test. You can do the same thing to those machines with the limit and it may work. It depends on certain files being located in the first 8Gb. The limit isn't on how big a drive you can have but is

Re: any requirement for OSX on first 8gb on a Pismo?

2005-12-09 Thread Caleb Cupples
On Friday, Dec 9, 2005, at 07:24 America/Chicago, chris wrote: Can anyone tell me if OSX 10.4 must be installed on the first 8 gb of a hard drive on a Pismo? I recently upgraded my Pismo's drive to a 60 GB drive and I cloned my 10.3 install to that drive. I did not partition the drive in any