[X-HW] Open Firmware and MacOSX Related Question

[Rick Carlson]

You may be right but I cannot justify buying a larger hard drive right 
now. This is a cast off machine that I am using to get myself up to 
speed on OS X before we move to it in a big way. Ya gotta love OJT!
Being able to train myself for the future is how I stay employable and 
employed. ;-)

Rick
rcarlson52 at nethere.net


Chris Foote wrote:
>>
>> Message-ID: <3E625B9F.10209 at nethere.net>
>> Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:29:35 -0800
>> From: Rick Carlson <rcarlson52 at nethere.net>
>> Subject: Re: [X-HW]
>>
>> No, it is a beige mini tower but with full color monitor. Both the built
>> in video card and the added on ATI Rage 128 are in full color.
>>
>> I can partition the hard drive any way I wish. So far I have done it in
>> one partition and in two partitions. Right now I have it set up as two
>> partitions with the first for OS 8.5 and the second for OS X.
>>
>> When I install OS 8.5 on partition one everything works fine. But then
>> when I try to install OS X it never gets past the OF error message.
>>
>> So, I reinstalled OS 8.5 and when I reboot I get the OF error message
>> but then it eventually boots into OS 8.5 This is why I think it is an OF
>>   error.
>>
>> Weird, eh?
>>
>> Rick
>> rcarlson52 at nethere.net
>>
> 
> Many people don't realize that OS X needs a lot of breathing room. I 
> would never try to put it into less than 5 GB. So I would either get a 
> bigger HD or use only a single partition.
> Chris