[G4] Where o where to put my aging OS 9 & how much space does she need?

Richard Ramsowr r.ramsowr at sbcglobal.net
Sat Aug 5 01:38:48 PDT 2006


Jim thanks again...

I'll keep them on different hard drives and forgo the
partiton bit - that the way I've got it now.

Rick
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--- James Asherman <jimash at optonline.net> wrote:

> 
> On Aug 4, 2006, at 10:06 PM, Richard Ramsowr wrote:
> 
> > Jim
> >
> > thanks for the feed back - your replay raise a
> second
> > question should OS 9 be on the first section with
> OS X
> > (10.4) on the second part of the drive?
> No way. Maybe the other way (Assuming you are
> talking partitions. I  
> don't do partitions)
> But it will install right along with your OSX.
> It really isn't a problem. I have run my G4
> Quicksilver through every  
> revision of OSX and it still boots to 9.2 if I want
> it to.
> 
> >
> > --- James Asherman <jimash at optonline.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Aug 4, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Richard Ramsowr
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Good Afternoon Folks... what happening?
> >>>
> >>> When setting up OS 9 on a hard drive what is the
> >>> minimum amount of space one needs to reserve for
> >> that
> >>> OS - I got 60GB to work with and IÕm thinking
> >> about
> >>> putting OS 9 and Tiger on the same drive or IÕll
> >> put
> >>> it on the secondary hard drive. I canÕt remember
> >> the
> >>> last time I needed or even choose to use OS 9
> but
> >> my
> >>> G4 QuickSilver can boot into it using Classic
> mode
> >> so
> >>> why not have just in case!
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> Rick
> >> \
> >> \
> >> The Quicksilver likes it. Just put it right on
> your
> >> boot drive.
> >> 350-500Mb max. Inconsequential.
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
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