Thanks to all of you that took the time in this busy world to be so helpful in responding to my inquiry about my preparing to go to 10 on my new HD.
As on might expect some of the responses presented new questions and so I'm hoping to get some further clarifications. As regards the partitioning of the 18gig HD: Yes I do have 3 smaller HD totaling about 6gigs. They are pretty full, I'm an illustrator and storing alot of files of my work. It sounds like it may NOT be a good idea to partition the drive as it will fill up pretty quickly anyway as suggested in this latest response. So is OK NOT to partition or is it important for better 10 functioning to have it in its own partition? Then can you use the rest of the drive for file storage etc? I am presently running 9.1 on one of my older drives, do I need to be upgrade it to 9.2.2 (? I thought I read that XFP suggested that we stay with 9.1, that 9.2 was trouble for old clones like mine (Umax S900)?) If I should stay with 9.1 is it ok to leave it on the old HD or does it need to on the new HD with 10? Does it matter where 9.2.2 (if I'm upgarding) is, should it be on the same drive as 10, should it be partitioned separartly from 10, should it have its own partitioning? (As you might be able to tell, I've never delt with this concept of partitioning and don't really understand it function except that it sounds nice and neat, which is "a good thing" as Martha Stuart might suggest.) In two of the response I got I got two different suggestions concerning my G3 upgrade, one (which I like the best, suggests that FXP will deal with my G3 on its own, GREAT!) the other says that depending on my G3 brand I might need to download so 10 can work with it. I don't know the actual brand, in the system profile it describes it as "PowerPC G3", I thought that might be the brand but perhaps not? If it is important(?) to know the brand, how would I find out? Would I need to open up the machine or is it somewhere listed inside the software? Concerning the dreaded black screen (very scary!) it was brought up to be careful about CDs that don't boot up, is that concerning the 10 installation CD or ALL CDs once 10 is installed? If its ALL CDs does that mean you have to shut down, place the CD in the CDrom drive and then start the computer holding down certain keys? This sounds pretty serious so I better make sure I fully understand all I can what I need to know in order to avoid this failure. Thanks to all who have responded and to all who might respond, Jim --- Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Monday, September 15, 2003, at 12:03 AM, jim > frisino wrote: > > > > 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) > > The first time I installed OSX on my 9600, I put it > on half (9 GB) of > an 18 GB hdd. Before I knew it, between my iTunes > songs and other > apps, it was pretty much full. Now I have OS Jag on > an 18 GB hdd and > it is 7/8 full. Funny, when I installed OSX, it was > just to 'try it > out,' but now I don't even use Classic..... > > > 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?) > > XPF will do it all (Thanks, Ryan!) Just be sure you > clean format with > Apple Disk Utility. Do you have OS 9 on one of the > other drives? Go > to <http://www.os9forever> and upgrade to 9.2.2. > You will need to > follow the directions and download the upgrade(s). > That will be a good > start for you before you go OSX. > > > Third: does it matter which version of 10 I > install, > > is one better to start with than another? > > If I were you, I would go straight to Jag. Much > better and more > compatible. But definitely do not stay on 10.0 as > it sux. No lower > than 10.1..... > > > And Fourth: are there any problems with Umax > s900's > > that I should be prepared for and any rememdies I > > should know about? > > Only the 'booting into a CD' problem which Ryan will > have a fix for in > a matter of.... minutes? :)) > > <!-- #EndEditable --></TD> > -- > Tim > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1st/pci-powermacs list nanny > > Sig last modified > <!-- #BeginDate format:Am2 -->09/13/03<!-- > #EndDate --> > </p> > </DIV> > <!-- #EndLibraryItem --></TD> > </TR> > </TABLE> > </CENTER> > </BODY> > </HTML> > > > -- > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Unsupported OS X list info > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? 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