Hello everyone!! I have just moved up the Mac evolutionary tree from 1996 (PM 7600 / Sonnet G3 ) to 2002 (G4 Digital Audio 733mhz ) OS 9.2.2 was/is fine but OSX has too many things going for it to ignore any longer. Raw speed and looming on line obsolescence coupled with amazing value still to be found in an aging G4 for a user like me finally made me go for it...8) After fiddling around with the "new" G4 for a day or so I realise there is a bit of a learning curve here and cant seem to find the answers, so here I am ...I didnt get a manual with the G4 and dont know if it would have the answers anyway so here goes... There is one ATA hard drive and two scsi drives I am wondering how many drives I can actually install? The mac came with OSX installed with "Classic" on it which I think is 9.2.2 This is on the ATA drive Could this install of OSX AND classic have been on any of the other drives Does this matter or does "boot drive" have significance? Can I install ONLY OS 9.2.2 on my G4 ? or do I have to have OSX and this "classic" environment thing. Could I have OSX on the boot drive without "classic" and simple OS9.2.2 on another drive and just use whatever I need whenever I need it In reality I will keep the old 7600 for certain things and the G4 for OSX only but there again maybe not... I have bought a copy of OSX Panther Can I choose what I install or does the installer "sense" what the computer is and installs OSX and "classic" ? When I boot up from my old 9.1.1 install CD I still get the OSX environment ... I must say I am a bit confused and would like to install everything myself but I am a bit worried about firmware issues etc Could I copy a system folder from my old 7600 and simply copy it to a hard drive on the G4? any light shed onthis would be very appreciated all the best ... Michael Lough NOT a beta tester
