Non-USB Macs to not support Mac OS X 10.3 booting in future builds
According to sources, Panther will definitely not support Beige G3s or PowerBook G3s without USB ports in its final release, even though users are having limited success booting the developer preview of Mac OS X 10.3 on these systems.
A developer, speaking to us on the condition of anonymity, said:
"Any successful installations are likely to be unstable and definitely unsupported. Future builds will not even install on these models. I've been directly told this is the case. [...] This is in keeping with Apple's statement that it will support its computers for a period of five years before considering them obsolete/vintage.
On Wednesday, Jul 2, 2003, at 22:15 Europe/Brussels, Ryan Rempel wrote:
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 01:04 PM, Tim wrote:
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 11:11 AM, Erik Gilchrist wrote:
I have two older machines (8500 upgraded to G3/350 and a 9600 G3/400) and was
wondering if Panther (like Jaguar I run on them now) will be able to be
installed even though they are unsupported. Possibly with the Sonnet software or
XPostFacto?
I have Panther right here but haven't had the nerve to try installing it on this 9600 yet. :)) I will let you know as I'm sure I will be in the next couple days.....
XPostFacto doesn't work with Panther yet. Because of memory management changes in Panther, it is necessary to rework some of the kernel extensions. There may also be a few other issues to cope with. So I'm working on it, but am not finished yet.
I expect that Sonnet's software will have the same problems, as they use virtually the same kernel extensions.
I am hoping to get this fixed sometime in the summer, but I haven't been very accurate at predicting how long things take lately :-) I'll certainly get it fixed by the time Panther is released, or die trying.
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