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I just bought a beige g3 from someone on ebay. he installed os x on the computer before sending it to me but didn't leave os 9 on the computer. I have found that I can't run some of my programs from os x. the computer keeps asking for classic or classic is not running. So I went back to ebay and bought a os 9 and am now trying to install it and it says that I don't have a valid "destination volume". What is that and how do I create one? Does any one know of someone that I can call to ask more questions? I need help learning how to use this computer and no one here knows anything about it. Thanks for any help or advise anyone can give.
Tell your buddy on eBay to stop doing illegal software distribution, and follow these steps:
1) Reformat with the OS 9 CD and install OS 9.
2) Update to 9.2.2.
3) Buy Jaguar (10.2) unless you already have it.
4) Install it.p
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Or better yet, follow the steps above, until you get to #3.
Just stop there.
If you don't have a G4, 512 MB of RAM, and a Quartz Extreme-capable video card, don't even TRY running X. The whole experience will be extremely aggrivating.
9.2.x will run just fine for you.
K
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Hmm...I beg to differ here. I have 2 beige G3/266s running 10.2.4 wihtout problems. Yes, they both have 512 MB RAM. While OS X is no speed demon on them, it's far more stable (if slower) than any 9.x. The biggest problem is video performance. I've got a PCI video card pulled from a B&W G3 in one of them and that helped immensely.
One of these machines is my home file/web server and the other is at work. The one at work is primarily used for iTunes, occasional software/website testing and help desk support. I wouldn't try running Photoshop or anything heavy like that, but for someone learning their way around the OS, it works just fine.
Furthermore, drop another $200-300 for a G4 upgrade and maybe $100 for a good video card, and it'll have no problems at all with X, but it'd still be best to stay away from resource-intensive software (ie: Photoshop, iMovie, etc.)
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OMG!!!
So you're telling me that you spent upwards of $5000 on computers that run a simple web server and iTunes? And for only $200-400 more, you can do web serving and iTunes with some rate of descent speed?
ACK!
Has the Mac community been completely lost in the SJRDF? (Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field)
And what about, "but it'd still be best to stay away from resource-intensive software (ie: Photoshop, iMovie, etc.)"? That's what the Mac is FOR! The Mac has been, and hopefully will continue to be, the DEFACTO standard for graphics and publishing, despite everything that Adobe does to dissuade that.
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And have you seen the new iPod? At $300-500, it seems like a pretty good deal!
And what about a Sun Cobalt Qube 3 -- $979.00 at the warehouse. It serves web pages very nicely.
K :-P
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I agree wih the pickle's first comment for many reasons ...
OK, now for the next question. How do you get the OS 9 installer to see the hard drive in order to reformat it?
Thanks to all
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If Drive Setup on the OS 9 CD isn't seeing the hard disk, the HD may have some issues. IDE drives are almost universally recognised by Drive Setup.
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Well, actually, I got both of them (in bone stock condition) free. I essentially intercepted them on the way to the dumpster at the university I work at. To date, apart from software, I've spent $250.00 on upgrades for both machines ($75/each for 2-40Gb HDs, $25/each for 4-256Mb DIMMS).
The main reason I'm running OS X on them is for testing and educational purposes. The machine at home is hosting my personal website and few for friends/family members. Sure, I coulda used MacHTTP under OS 9, but if I run into problems or have questions, I know far more people familiar with Apache than ANY web server that'll run under a pre-OS X system.
The one at work is basically to have on hand for testing and troubleshooting. For my purposes, I don't need to do anything heavily graphical. If someone were to tell me that they wanted to get a Mac for graphics work, I'd recommend nothing slower/older than a 800 Mhz G4 with a half-gig of RAM. But there are plenty of people out there who don't need to do that type of stuff. Or people from the Windoze/Unix/Linux world who are itching to try "this OS X thing". Why should they dump a grand or more to essentially test drive the OS for a few weeks or months. A G3 will run OS X just fine for those purposes. Eventually, if they like what they see, they'll pony up for a new G4 with all the bells and whistles. If not, they've got a machine that didn't cost an arm & a leg, and they can throw OS 9 on there and have it around for general-purpose stuff (web browsing, e-mail, etc.).
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Thank you everyone for the info, appreciate it. One more question, I have the mac all up and going now except it won't recognize the floppy drive! Now What?
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I know that OS X doesn't support floppies but I have OS 9.2 also so wouldn't that support floppies?
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 OS9.2 on a new G4
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Virtual CD for Mac?
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