Re: [NTLK] OT Mac question

From: Martin Joseph <NT_at_stillnewt.org>
Date: Sat Jun 21 2008 - 02:40:43 EDT

On Jun 20, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Matt Howe wrote:

> Well this weekend I'm starting my FrakenMac project. I'm moving the
> G3 to an
> old IBM ATX case I have. Replacing the intermittent AIO power
> supply. I have
> also added a USB card so it can go on my KVM switch. While I have
> it tore
> apart I'm going to replace the battery as it is always forgetting
> the time
> etc. And I have a spare IDE drive I may put in it, but I'll try the
> existing
> one first. All this work just to be able to see Mac NTK code. Oh
> well the
> learning curve will be fun too.
>

The built in IDE controller has a limitation with OSX where the boot
volume MUST be completely contained in the first 8Gb of drive space.
This is a bit annoying, but there are way's to work around it.

FYI,
Marty

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