[X Newbies] Using partitions?

[Joe Ellis]

It's more about the Mac you have than the OS. Some of the early iMacs and
early powerbooks such as the Wallstreet model and any of the biege G3 Macs
require the OS be installed in a partition that is within the first 8 GB of
a hard drive. That restriction does not exist for newer Macs.

Joe Ellis
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Lane" <wilann at telusplanet.net>
To: "Mac OS X Newbies" <X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [X Newbies] Using partitions?


> On 11/27/02 4:34 AM, "Brian Thorpe" <brithor52 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > It was my understanding that *any* bootable operation system had to be
> > on the first 8Gb of the drive. That would include OS9. If I am wrong,
> > and booting 9 from beyond the 8Gb mark is possible I'd really like to
> > know about it.
>
>
> Only X has to be in the first 8. 9 can be anywhere.
>
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