Thanks Peter for your suggestions. I will try the key booting you described. I was wondering if it could have anything to do with my g3 upgrade? I have found out that my processor is a MACh Carrier XLR8 card. Was I supposd to do something to prepare it for the move to 10? I thought that XPF was going to do whatever was needed to prepare it but perhaps I was supposed to do something?
I'm not sure I follow about changing of the partitioning as you described. I didn't realize that it was not recomended to have 10 in a partition larger than 8gigs. But now is it actually possible to repartition it? Concerning 9, I have 9 in one of my other smaller old hard drives, so I thought I didn't need to use this new drive for 9? If I could make the partition smaller by subdividing it into two parts that would give me the 6 or 8 gigs you say it should be. If I don't need to use it for 9.1 then what would you recomend I use the new 1 or 2gig subdivision for? One last question, will rebooting the computer with the keys that you recommended, will that effect the older hard drives and the data stored on them, assumoing I am able to get 9.1 running? Thanks fro your help, Jim --- Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I took the big plung and tried to install > 10.2 on > > my Umax S900. Things didn't go too well. I > partitioned > > the 18gig HD (9gig for 10, I have 3 other"mini" > hd, > ^--- I wouldn't recommend a boot > partition over 8G. > > > Any idea what the problem is and what I should can > do > > about it? > > Not precisely, but here's one thing you can do: > > Boot with command-option-P-R down to zap the PRAM > and let it boot > normally. > > Go through the process of booting OS 9, partition > the 18G disk, and do > it like this: > > 1G OS 9 boot partition > 6G OS X boot partition > 11G Work partition > > That way you've got a reliable recovery into the OS > 9 partition (and you > can use it for your Classic install as well) and the > OS X partition will > be in the first 8G. > > > -- > 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? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- 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? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
