On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 09:03 PM, jim frisino wrote:
Hi all you 10ers, I admire your courage!
I've just ordered an 18gig scsi from ebay and should have it a few days, I'm planning to use it for 10. My computer is an upgraded:
Umax s900 Supermax with a PowerPC g3 (300), 432 ram. I have 3 other hd totalling about 6gig.
My first question is should I partition the new hd and if so how much to give to 10? (I'm not a tech so this is all new to me)
Second: am I supposed to do somthing with the g3, do I need to download something to prepare it or is everything included in the XPostFacto 2.2.5.1 (also, is this the latest version?)
Third: does it matter which version of 10 I install, is one better to start with than another?
And Fouth: are there any problems with Umax s900's that I should be prepared for and any rememdies I should know about?
Crossing my fingers, JF
You need 2 GB for X and you would start from the Jag disk of OS 10.2. Later when the dust settles, you can download the Jumbo upgrade to OS 10.2.6. That would be easier than earlier versions of X.
I would install OS 9.1 first of course and to partition the HD. Next I would use a disk utility like DiskWarrior (not the latest version), Techtool Pro or Nortons to look at the disk health and check fragmentation, etc.
Then read the XPF instructions over and get all the xtras you'll need to complete the jump to X. AFAIK all you need is the latest version of 9.1. You may need software to make your G3 board talk to X or vice versa. That issue is covered in the XPF bible.
Once you get all the bits and pieces together, XPF does a fast job.
Once installed, you have to be careful of the CD you boot from when you are in X. If it wasn't specifically designed to boot into X from the CD, don't try that. You will get the dreaded black screen.
If that happens, you can't boot from anything. Scary? It's a pain in the A**. You have take the power plug from the machine. Then hit the CUDA (little brown button on lower, rear, right part of the motherboard below the bottom PCI slot) for 10 sec.
Take out the battery which is in a little cage near the A1 RAM slot. There is a battery holder cap. Take out the battery (need small hands if you have extra drives installed). Leave it out for 2 hours or more if you're annoyed at having to do this AGAIN (a good time to check battery health too).
Then reinstall the battery (+down) and push the CUDA for 30 seconds. Plug in the power cord to the machine (all this time it was not attached!) and then to the wall. Do another CUDA press (3 seconds for good measure) and power it on. It should boot to OS 9.1 at the end of this black screen of death restore method. Thanks to WillS for posting that many times.
That's one of the problems to be aware of with OS X on the S900. You didn't say what kind of G3 board you have and that may be one hitch to solve. I hope not. Good luck.
Eric
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