Re: [NTLK] Old Macs

You may be able to get OS X onto it by repartitoning the HDD as a
7.8GB partition and then letting the rest be free space or another
partition. SOME machines only install OS X on the first 8GB of any
HDD... some early G3s, that is, and if I remember right, some iMacs do
that too.

On 7/28/06, Martin Joseph <NT@stillnewt.org> wrote:
>
> On Jul 28, 2006, at 6:38 AM, Clark Huke wrote:
>
> > I have an older iMac G3 (with infrared), running Ubuntu. It can't run
> > OS8-10 because when you try to install, it cannot find the hard drive.
> > I was thinking, is there a way to use the infrared port with Ubuntu?
> >
> > I also have a Perfoma 630CD with an infrared port...
>
> That must be the old original Bondi blue imac. Usually the invisible
> hard drive you describe is caused by certain aftermarket drives
> (some fujitsus), and/or strange master slave jumper settings...
>
> I don't know about IR via Ubuntu, that seems mondo sketchy. I think
> there was a way to simple add a serial port to that machine though...
> If I remember that far back.
>
> You might try a google search for that?
> Marty
>
> PS I don't think the peforma IR is of any use either, but it's serial
> port should be ok ;~)
>
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