Thanks to all. I have like 80 GB of gigabytes of digital video in the main user. I guess I'll need to get a second drive to be able to move those.
So I can remove so to speak all those large files from the user directories, then I can back them up when they get to like 600 MB and restore them from a CD? Would I just drag the user folders to a CD-R and they would copy over correctly? What do you use to restore? Do you mean you just import the files over to a newly created user in a newly installed OS? Would that save me from having to reinstall a bunch of stuff hopefully? I'd like to know what brought the problem about but that may not be possible. I am aware of the 8 GB issue, but I'm using an ultra ATA card and it has not been a problem. It still boots in fact, but I can hardly get any programs to run. If I partition the drive, do the user folders get aliased over to the larger partitions and that's all there is to it? Doesn't it get kind of messy? on 1/1/04 11:59 PM, Roger Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jerry Buc and Peter are correct on the partitioning matter. If you have > a large drive on some ATA cards you SOMETIMES get around the 8 gig > limit. If you are on the stock bus you was lucky to ever get it to boot; > it usually won't install. > > I would not try to keep ant system files as many are probably corrupted. > > I would back up my needed files, email, bookmarks. finance and such > while booted from OS 9 and do a wipe and partition on the drive as Jerry > and Peter describe. > > Roger > > > Felix Arrazolo wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I haven't moved to panther yet on my unsupported beige g3 desktop. What I'm >> experiencing on Jaguar, 10.2.6 all of a sudden are a bunch of problems. >> Basically, my computer is no longer usable. I can log in after I force >> restart but I can't logout or restart or shutdown. The screen just goes >> blank with the default blue OS X background and hangs. And while I'm logged >> in, I can't run any applications except the Finder. Everything hangs. I >> can't get System Preferences to launch either for the most part. I have a WD >> 200 GB hardrive and I"ve run Norton 6, and Diskwarrior, as well as the Disk >> Utility from the installer CD. All state that the drive is fine. I've >> reinstalled Jaguar and preserved and imported users but then I haven't been >> able to apply the combo update that brings it to 10.2.6 b/c after it's almost >> finished, the screen saver comes on and then the computer hangs there. >> >> In root I was able to run Safari and not much else. Now I can't since I've >> reinstalled probabaly b/c Safari requires an udated Jaguar. >> >> In the last reinstall, I was able to create a new user and that's the one I'm >> in now. I am able to run IE, but still can't launch System Preferences or >> iTunes. Basically, nothing happens when I click on them except they just say >> "Application Not Responding" in the dock. >> >> I think this started when I was trying to make a disk image with DiskCopy of >> a children's cd that I recently purchased. Disk Copy crashed and the >> computer has not been the same since. I remember message regarding the >> following path: ./private.... Now, why is there a user represented by a >> period? Does this indicate anything. >> >> One question I have is if I reinstall Jaguar and do not preserve the users, >> that would mean that I lose all my documents right? >> >> Has anyone seen this kind of behaviour? Sorry if this was all a bit off >> topic since this old beige is still officially supported by Jaguar. >> >> By the way, I am able to run OS 9 in this computer still. My drive is not >> partitioned. The computer has run great until now. (though a bit slow of >> course). >> >> >> Thanks and happy new year! >> >> -Felix >> -- 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
