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| OSX 10.4.7 on Imac g3
I guess I wasn't trying to suggest that this was the end all be all of installs, I was trying to show my elation at seeminly getting around a PITA stipulation for install. This is especially true when dealing with only 10 gigs of storage. There absolutely has to be a way to install it on bigger drives...none of my normal machines have under 100 gigs...so how does Apple install the os? And I never thought this method would cause errors....the software updater worked fine and downloaded all the appropriate drivers, and patches for the IMac g3. What issues should I anticipate? I think I am going to love it here.....LOADS OF GREAT INFO...thanks all!!! Oh and I just looked at the drive properties and I have taken a screenshot of the system profiler and disk info... |
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Yes, the Windows keyboards don't have a Command key, but usually the layout is on par. I believe it would end up being the Windows key if using a Windows keyboard, but don't quote me on that as it's been a while since I've done that.
__________________ • Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11/Ubuntu 9.10 • Asus Eee PC 901 (1.6 GHz Atom N270) - Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1 • "JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 13 • "Kidbuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 9.04 |
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You have to understand that it's more an issue of the hardware on the older G3 iMacs since initially they didn't really run OS X when they were introduced (OS 9 was still the main OS and with post-y2k iMacs, OS X was still in "beta mode" until about 10.2). So for this reason, they weren't designed to meet the requirements of OS X. This is why there were firmware updates to allow OS X to install properly. Unfortunately, not everything can be taken care of (like the ATA controller on the iMac), which is why the stipulation for the first 8 GB of the hard drive to be used for OS X was there for earlier models. THis is also why some larger hard drives won't work either since the ATA controller can only access up to a certain capacity. This isn't much different from the way PCs running Linux used to require that the first 1024 blocks of the hard drive be used for Linux. Of course, now BIOS is more up to date and computers and Linux have advanced way beyond this limitation that it's only a bad memory....not unlike the newer Macs and OS X versions that don't have this limitation.
__________________ • Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11/Ubuntu 9.10 • Asus Eee PC 901 (1.6 GHz Atom N270) - Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1 • "JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 13 • "Kidbuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 9.04 |
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I have 6GB of ram, 350 MHZ and 198 roughly of ram. Is this enough to install panther 10.3.9?
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As for the hard drive, see about getting the highest capacity hard drive supported by that iMac. Check Low End Mac for the specs on your iMac and how much capacity it can support for hard drives. Hope this helps.
__________________ • Apple iMac G5 17" (2 GHz G5) - Mac OS X 10.4.11/Ubuntu 9.10 • Asus Eee PC 901 (1.6 GHz Atom N270) - Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 • Apple Macintosh Quadra 650 (33 MHz MC68040) - Mac OS 8.1 • "JHVH-1" (2 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+) - Slackware 13 • "Kidbuntu" (2.8 GHz Celeron D 335) - Ubuntu 9.04 |
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Ok, so I upgraded my Imac G3 to 256 MB with Vitrual Memory at 200 MB. Is this good enough now to install Panther? I have a 6 GB Hard Drive, is that good enough? Or do I really need to get a bigger one? Will any hard drive do? or does it have to be an Apple Hard Drive. I am getting me an Apple Keyboard and Mouse for about $20 bucks on ebay to match too. My goal is to have a Imac G3 running 10.3.9. So, thanks for all your help it's really, really appreciated.
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Will installing Panther with a new Harddrive with no OS on it be ok? I'm really wanting to get rid of the original owners info. Can you go from OS 9.2 to OS 10.3.9. Or do you have you buy each OS 10.0 10.1 10.2 then 10.3? How does it work?
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| You only need a CD to install OS X, a working system is not required. You have to buy every first-digit upgrade. You can get 10.3 disks on eBay, for a lot less than they originally sold for.
__________________ Power to Burn. At speeds of up to 733MHz, The most powerful Mac in history burns CDs, burns DVDs, and burns Pentiums - apple website, oct 4, 1999. advertisement for the powermac g4 |
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