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Um, the BSD subsystem was an *optional* install up to at least 10.1.5 if you were installing OS X from scratch. Not sure about Jaguar, but I'm pretty sure it would be the same. As far as your question goes, I've never installed OS X without it so haven't had the need to try and install it...

I have a Sonnet Tempo ATA/100 card which is giving me kernel panics whenever I try to boot off a HD connected to it with Jaguar installed, and was wondering if anyone out there who has installed a pre-release of 10.2.1 can confirm that this issue has been fixed. Sonnet has claimed that it is...

Yes, I'd like to know how to do this as well. From the scarce info I've discovered on the web it could have something to do with NSUserDefaults, but I haven't worked out how to access dictionary values in a .plist not belonging to your own application.

One of the few annoyances that comes from migrating from OS 9 to X is, I find, the lack of a startup scheduler with which you can control what time/day your Mac will automatically power on. Such a feature used to exist in the Energy control panel in OS 9 but for some odd reason hasn't found its...

Normally I just switch the monitor off by pressing the button on the front of it, it's easier :) Also, since my computer is in my bedroom and I like to leave it on overnight, incoming data = disk activity = no sleep (for me) hehehe :p

Oh, I just did it that one time to be able to observe the effects it had on various network activity.

Yeah I'm still getting this problem with Mail too (10.1.2). I remember having the same problem when OS X was first released last March. Back then the solution was to go to the Prefs and for each of your mail accounts make sure that "Show this account separately in mailboxes drawer" was selected...

Nope, can't say I've had any problems with my HD spinning down. But one obvious feature missing from Energy Saver is the startup scheduler (where you can select what time your Mac starts up on which day, etc) - why would Apple drop this feature?. I miss it quite a bit...

I find that there is one nagging problem with sleep mode; when it's activated all file transfer (uploading and downloading) and network activity, which may be happening in any given application, just stops. For example if I'm logged onto an IRC server and put the computer to sleep for a minute...

I just had a look at the tech specs: "128MB or 256MB of SDRAM expandable to 1GB; one factory installed 168-pin DIMM and one open user-accessible SO-DIMM slot" So I guess there is actually room for more SDRAM. Although whether the SDRAM expansion slots are user-accessible remains to be seen.

Excuse my ignorance, but what is SO-DIMM ram and how does it differ from regular SDRAM? Can I transfer PC-133 ram from my G3 to a new iMac?

I'm having some problems with my IRC user name, which I have specified in AthenaIRC, being overridden by my user name in OS X (the one that appears in the prompt when you open the Terminal). This poses a problem for me because I have a ChanOps account on IRC and I can't authenticate myself...

One thing that annoys me is that if I have told Software Update to do automatic checks it will constantly bug me about a new version of iTunes (which I don't want or need - I don't even have a previous version installed for it to update) every time it checks. I would like to have it make...

I've also installed Fink but can't get it to work. When I type in "fink install <package name>", it says something like "package info not found". I'm totally clueless.

Just after I posted my message I found a post in another thread which solves the problem reasonably easily using the terminal. See here: http://www.macosx.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2977

Would anyone be able to refresh my memory on how to create text files from the command line? I know it's pretty simple... it involves something like '>' and then typing the name of the file you want to call it, doesn't it?

While on the topic of FTP, does anyone know how to get anonymous FTP working without having to create an extra user account in OS X?

I have also just experienced the same problem for the first time. Surely there must be an easier way around it...?

I also used to have this problem, so I had a look in Apple's TIL. The problem is caused by the in-box being accessed by multiple accounts at once. The solution is to make a separate space for each account so that they each have their own in-box. Go to Preferences and edit each account; under...

I had the same problem a while back, then a little while after Omni pulled it from their site. iD is now developing the OS X point release, keep an eye out for Graeme Devine's .plan updates.