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    DO NOT LOGIN TO AQUA AS ROOT!!!

    It doesn't happen on my computer. I use root often for many setup things.
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    cxx,gcc, or any other c compiler

    The binaries provided with darwin (www.apple.com/darwin) are compatible with MacOS X. They include cc (which is a gcc) and many other nifty developer tools.
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    can't boot into OS 9!?!

    This is the same what I did on my iMac, except the Startup Disk doesn't quit on me. Try logging out, logging in as root and then running startup disk of the system preferences. That might help. Also, you have to wait a lot for the Startup Disk to scan the drive.
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    HOWTO: REPAIR MACOS X

    Here is how you repair/fix/check your disk for errors, *even* if MacOS X is on your only partition (that's what's going on on my computer). Go to System Preferences and choose Startup Disk. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. wait some more. You will see the option to boot MacOS 9 from the same...
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    Changing to bash

    Changing the shell name in passwd is not the way to get the shells switch. Rather go to Preferences... in Terminal menu and select shell and then change it to whatever else you have installed. However, you'll notice you don't have bash installed. To install it you have to download it and...
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    termcap?

    It iworks fine if you compile ncurses 5.1 ... BitchX then runs flawlessly because ncurses provide far more than termcap which is old. Anyway, go to ftp.freebsd.org and get ncurses-5.1 from the gnu directory.
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    What is NetInfoManager?

    NetInfo seems to be more-less okay on MacOS X pb. The important thing is that there is no point in modifying /etc/services anymore when you're installing UN*X stuff like samba. Instead, you have to add the info inside the NetInfo tree (in the services directory).
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    ANOTHER OS X SITE

    Don't worry guys, it's not going to destroy macosx.com ... It has a couple of tips&tricks that are interesting, like running BitchX (an irc client for un*x) Just about when I was getting to making one, I've found this: http://www.chevell.cx/macosx/
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    mac os x compiling and host types

    Today I found out some other switches that might be even better: powerpc-apple-darwin powerpc-apple-darwin1.2 powerpc-apple-netbsd powerpc-apple-bsdos42 powerpc-apple-linux
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    OS Xb and Alsoft's Plus Maker/Maximizer for HFS+ ?

    I know of people who did this before. It should work fine. Once you are done with Plus Maker/Maximizer, your volume will be a standard HFS+ volume ready for OS X install. I'd go for it.
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    Clarus the Dogcow

    MOOF! I wouldn't worry. DogCow is almost a trademark of Apple DTS (Developer's Technical Support), so I am sure you'll see Clarus as soon as the dev tools are out :-) They usually put him in every bigger sample app! MOOF!
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    PowerBase Mac Clone Upgrade to OS X?

    I would really not try if I were you.. Go to Install forum, and you'll see posts of people who tried but got burnt. The motherboards on clones are significantly different and so far there is no workarounds (although they are being worked on).
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    Install

    Yup, it can install over your MacOS 9 (it doesn't delete anything). I had the same problem you did and I just installed over it. The probability of installer not working is extremely low, since you have a nice fully-Apple built iMac. Just make sure you run the firmware update (on...
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    Displaying Memory

    Start up terminal and type top you'll see the following columns: pid -- process ID. If you don't like the application (for example, Classic, which has problem quitting as well as TruBlueEnvironment which is the emulator part of Classic), you can later type kill # -- # is the process...
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    Playing previous os games on X

    Diablo II works according to MacAddict. I think Gerry should really release a Carbonized version. There is an ICQ/AIM client for MacOS X and it's called Fire, you can check it out on versiontracker.
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