OS X only?

[Clinton MacDonald]

Max:

On Thursday, October 2, 2003, at 10:43  AM, Max Malzkuhn wrote:
> Thanks for your response.

You are quite welcome. However, it seems you have several sticky 
problems!

> Since I already OSX installed and several apps, etc. I would like to 
> install 9 without having to re-install 10. I tried to install with my 
> only 9 disk, 9.04, but it wouldn't install.

That *should* work, but I remember seeing reports that installing Mac 
OS 9.x after Mac OS X was tricky.

> The way I did it before was to install 9 first, then upgrade it via 
> Apple upgrades to 9.22 and then install 10. Am I forced into doing it 
> this way again?

That is how I have always done it, and I know that installing OS 9 
before OS X works. However, I can see why you might be reluctant to go 
through that whole process again. :-(

> It is really a pain because I can't install 10 without swapping some 
> memory out. 10 does not like to install with 384 MB (I won't even tell 
> you how long it took me to figure that one out!).

That is *very* odd. I wonder if you have a bad memory chip. Mac OS X is 
very sensitive to memory issues, and chokes on memory chips that work 
fine with Mac OS 9.x. Among the symptoms of a bad RAM chip are 
difficulties starting up (the usual symptom), difficulties running 
programs soon after startup, and (I think) difficulties installing OS X 
(don't quote me on the last item).

You might think about your motivations for which operating system you 
want to run, and plan accordingly. For instance, if you want the 
stability of a Unix/Linux-based operating system, then you might want 
to make your choices between OS X and YDL. However, I can imagine that 
Mac OS X would run unsatisfactorily slow on a Wallstreet. If you find 
that to be the case, you might consider the Mac OS 9/YDL combo. On the 
other hand, if you are satisfied with Mac OS X's performance on the 
PowerBook (I haven't tried it on mine, yet), you might just stick with 
Mac OS X/OS 9 (and the great range of well crafted software from which 
to choose), and save the YDL for later experimentation.

Unfortunately, all of those choices will make you reinstall *something*.

> Also, I borrowed a friends adb mouse to see if it would work on this 
> G3 PowerBook (Wallstreet) and it doesn't work. Any thoughts on that? 
> It did work in OS 9 and in YDL before but not OSX???

I don't think Mac OS X supports ADB (I could be wrong). One thing to 
keep in mind is that the ADB bus standard does not support hot plugging 
(at least not very well). You might have to shut down the machine, plug 
in the mouse, then start it up again for it to be recognized. (Having 
said that, my external ADB trackball is recognized if I plug it in 
"hot" on my Wallstreet. Interestingly, though, if I then restart with 
the ADB trackball in place, YDL recognizes the "new" hardware, and 
prompts me to install drivers.)

I hope this rambling discussion is at least slightly helpful.

Best wishes,
Clint

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