Since this a machine you purchased from someone I would suggest reformatting the hard drive and then doinf g your install. You can set up the partition again or go without. I have had both setups on various machines, and I prefer to keep OS X and OS 9 on one partition, I have not found any benefit to keeping them seperate. Others may disagree but this is just based on my experience. Brian G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM On Nov 9, 2006, at 8:46 PM, Ray Clayton wrote: > I appreciate the info I've gotten so far. Had trouble with my > subscription, > had to re-subscribe. Anyway. I guess the installation comes down to > one of > two choices. > > My hard drive is partitioned. On the smaller partition (10 GB) is > 9.2.2, > 10.1, and all applications. And 4.25 GB free. > > On the larger partition (30 GB) are all data files—photos, letters, > various, > etc., no apps. About 25 GB free. > > So. Should I install Panther in the smaller partition over 10.1— > assuming the > installer will let me? Or do I install Panther in the larger > partition and > therefore end up with 9.2.2 on one partition and 10.3 on the other? > > I would appreciate opinions. TIA, > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984