[X-Unix] Orig G3 desktop and OS X

[Brent Baisley]

Yes, you can dual boot. You just need to partition your drives.

Don't know about the Sonnet card. There are certain limitations in the 
PCI spec that may be causing problem with your card. I forget if the 
Beige G3 has PCI 2.0 or 2.1 (or something completely different). For 
instance, I think a 7500 has PCI 2.0 which doesn't allow for FireWire 
for some reason. It's been a while since I've read the spec (not 
something I do that often). But it may be limitations in the hardware 
and have nothing to do with the OS or that it's a Macintosh.


On Oct 21, 2004, at 4:17 PM, R Waechter wrote:

> OS 9.2.2 is what it is running right now.  And yes, I've got
> some speedy ATA drives in it.  I've also got a sonnet
> card that combines usb, fw and ATA level 6, but that
> was causing the whole system to crater about once a
> day.  I eventually pulled it, not being able to determine
> if it was hardware or software related.
>
> Hadn't thought about the linux route.  I'll look into
> that.  Would lilo allow me to dual boot with OS 9? if
> you don't know off the top of your head, no worries.  I
> can do that research myself...Google is my friend :>
>
> Linux might allow me to use the sonnet card too.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> rip
>
> At 16:04 -0400 (21.10.2004), Brent Baisley wrote:
>> I've heard of a utility that would allow you to install OS X on
>> "old" machines, but maybe not THAT old (I do have one at home
>> running OS9). Performance would probably be abysmal, especially if
>> you have the original Rage II(?) graphics chip. I haven't even
>> attempted installing OS X on any of the Beige machines I have, but I
>> have installed Yellowdog linux on a Beige G3. I would recommend
>> going the linux route. You'll be able to work with it if you are
>> looking for command line and performance will be much better.
>> I hope you've upgraded the hard drives though, that will probably be
>> your biggest performance hit.
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2004, at 3:51 PM, R Waechter wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello,
>>>
>>>  According to the official word, my original (beige) G3 desktop
>>>  "will not run OS X".  This is because it does not have either
>>>  firewire or usb on the motherboard.
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