Re: [NTLK] Old Macs

On 7/28/06, Martin Joseph <NT@stillnewt.org> wrote:
>
> On Jul 28, 2006, at 11:21 AM, Chris Browder wrote:
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> > You may be able to get OS X onto it by repartitoning the HDD as a
> > 7.8GB partition and then letting the rest be free space or another
> > partition. SOME machines only install OS X on the first 8GB of any
> > HDD... some early G3s, that is, and if I remember right, some iMacs do
> > that too.
> Yes, that is exactly correct, and he does have one of those imacs too.

Apple support article on this issue:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106235

> I bet you have nailed his OSX on imac issue.
>
> Marty
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