Now I cannot install 10.2.8

[MacManiac1701A]

since doing a cpu upgrade to my powermac G3 AIO.... I was going to sell it but decided to keep it. I formatted the drive, zeroed out all data... installed OS 9.2.2 then went to install 10.2.8 it tells me that the os needs the first 8GB partition, I never saw that before upgrading the cpu to G4....

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Jim

 

[tmtomh]

Don't know why you never saw that message before, but it's true - the beige G3s need to have OS X installed in the first 8GB of the drive.

Re-partition the drive into two partitions - the first 7GB, and the second the remaining free space on the drive.

Then install the OS on the first partition. Use the second partition for file storage.

 

[MacManiac1701A]

but the only thing is that this G3 AIO used to install 10.2 natively... not anymore... and I cannot figure it out...

I was running Xpostfacto with 10.3.9 then I wiped the HDD and wanted to reinstall 9.2.2 & 10.2.8....

 

[Mike Richardson]

None of that matters. The OS must be on the first 8 GB, but really it's like 7.45 GB due to conversion issues, so everyone says 7 GB just to be safe. Repartition the drive into "Boot" and "Data" partitions.

 

[LCGuy]

I think even if you are installing onto the first 8GB, thats not enough - as Mike said, the drive should be partitioned, with the first partition being no bigger than say, 7.7GB. I tried installing OS X onto an empty 120GB HDD in my tray load iMac once, and it wouldn't allow me to install, as even though the drive was blank, and therefore the first 8GB was free, the drive hadn't been partitioned as such.

 

[Mike Richardson]

The thing about 8 GB is - theoretically you can install onto a single partition 120 GB drive using another Mac, then move it to the target Mac and it will boot. However, the instant one of the system files falls outside of the first 8 GB for some reason (maybe an OS update, security patch, whatever, and the drive has over 8 GB of other files on it already) the machine will no longer boot. So you must partition to ensure reliable booting.