[X Newbies] Newbie with a Newbie Problem

[Glenn McGaha Miller]

Yeah Charles, I know what I just got isn't "modern" in those
terms. But compared to the SE's, LC's, PowerCenter's,
Performa's I'm used to running on the Mac side of things, it
>IS< "modern", OK? What I meant was that it's the first
machine supported as running OSX that I own. Does that help?

I do (now) have "legal" disks not only for OSX 10.2.2, but
also OS 9.1. But guess what? For some strange reason, I
wouldn't be turning to YOU for help at this point if you
were the only Mac user on the planet.

(Somebody get the boy some PRUNE JUICE.)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mac OS X Newbies
[mailto:X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com]On
Behalf Of Charles Martin
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:50 PM
To: Mac OS X Newbies
Subject: Re: [X Newbies] Newbie with a Newbie Problem


> From: "Glenn McGaha Miller" <gm2 at visionary.nu>
> So I buy this Beige G3 off eBay which is to be my first
> foray into the "modern" era.

You mean the "ancient" era. The beige G3 were phased out in
1997.
That's *six years ago.* The only place that computer would
be called
"modern" is in a severely underfunded school system.

That's prior to Windows 98 coming out. Geez, we Mac users
really *are*
ahead of the pack aren't we?? :)

I mean, congrats on your purchase and I sincerely hope you
enjoy it,
but I would not under *any* circumstances compare it to a
"modern"
computer except possibly in the fact that you can run Mac OS
X on it.

>  Said computer comes equipped
> with two 4gb drives: One is 9.2.2 and the other is
> "supposedly" 10.2. When I let this machine boot as it
wants
> to, there is momentarily a white background with an Apple
> momentarily and then the slashed 0 symbol. Holding down
"c"
> while booting gets me into the 9.2.2 drive which then
offers
> to format the other.
>
> My question is, is the OsX drive toast or can something be
> done to reclaim whatever is on it?

If you do not have the original system CDs for this machine,
you
probably have an illegal copy of 10.2 (or whatever) on that
other drive
(actually, I wonder if you really have two drives; you
probably have
ONE hard drive with two *partitions* on it).

I would recommend that you a) buy a copy of 9.2.2 or OS X
(whichever
you have the most interest in running) from a reputable
dealer (yes,
9.2.2 is still available, just not from Apple). Then you
should erase
the hard drive(s) and install the OS of your choice. This
will give you
a fresh, clean, legal system with no problems that you can
set to work
the way you like.

_Chas_

"That the PC world would doggedly stick to a dull,
unimaginative,
clinical term like 'IEEE 1394' (notice how it just rolls off
the tongue
- NOT) for the sole purpose of *saving a few pennies* over
using an
imaginative, exciting, visually-stimulating term like
'FireWire' tells
you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about the PC world and that
whole
industry-wide mindset." - Me, March 2003


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