[P1] OS X on an original Tangerine iBook

[Spike T Frog]

On Sunday, June 15, 2003, at 08:21  PM, Eugene wrote:

>> I am looking to upgrade my other ibook, an original tangerine 
>> version, up to OS X.  I have the original hard drive .  I understand 
>> that this will work, but with modest performance and limited screen 
>> size.  If I were to do this, how much hard disk space would I use 
>> just to get OS X installed?  Or, what can I cut out of a typical 
>> installation in order to maximize disk space?  Excel, Word, Mail, and 
>> Safari are the main applications that I use.
>
> I just did this yesterday on an original 300 mhz blueberry iBook with 
> the stock 3 GB HD.
>
> Yes - it's possible.  I installed OS X 10.2 and I cut out some of the 
> extras, like extra Print Drivers, Language Packs, BSD Developer stuff, 
> etc.  Got the entire thing installed over the old OS 9 and most of the 
> old apps for around 2 GB.
>

Thanks for the encouraging report.  In terms of cutting out the extras, 
is there a trick to this, or is it done intuitively through the 
installation process?

WL