Partitioning

[Ben Donovan]

This leads nicely into my next question:

I have a G3 card, do I need to do anything special to get it to work?

Ben



on 6/4/03 1:54 PM, Bert Knabe at bknabe@mac.com wrote:

> I have a Starmax 3000/180 upgraded to a 320mhz G3 (but I have multiple
> HD's). Use Apples Drive Setup to make your initial partitions. If you don't
> want to use MacOS except to boot into Linux, make a 100 meg (give or take)
> hfs partition and 1 linux partition with the rest. Then install a custom
> minimal MacOS on the 100 meg partition. Install Linux following the
> instructions.
> 
> If you don't have 160 megs of RAM (the max) on your Starmax, I'd recommend
> getting it - 64 meg sticks for Starmax can be found for around $25 - and I'd
> also recommend getting a G3 upgrade (can be had for $130 or less). Linux is
> slooooow on a stock Starmax. I'm sure it will be faster on your machine than
> on mine, but I don't think it will be that much faster.
> 
> Bert