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obob:
I've been reading about this OS quite a bit, and I'm somewhat confused about how it mounts to a disk...in contrast to say, for example, Gentoo, or something entirely different from that, WinNT...

I've read some conflicting arguements, basically, some saying it can't be put onto a partion/easily multi-booted, others saying it can be multi-booted with a number of other OS' through GRUB or it's own bootloader, however not a whole lot of explination of either side...

So, what's the deal? Can it work with other OS' on the same system, such as Gentoo and NT, or is it going to be a pain and want the entire drive to itself?

hm_murdock:
Considering I have OS 10.4.7 and 9.2.2 on this drive (single partition) and each of them boots easily, I'd say it does allright.

It works great with XP on Intel Macs using Boot Camp. It works great with Linux on either PPC or Intel.

All of this is due to better design on the hardware side, since Apple doesn't use shitty ass 1981 vintage BIOS software. Instead, they use OpenFirmware on PPC and EFI on Intel combined with their own ROM which has graphical boot selection which lets you easily choose a partition to boot from.

obob:
Well, I think your post would help me a lot more if I was using an Apple, except that I'm not...

I'm trying this on a Celeron D w/SSE3, so any advice for getting it to work? (I've got 2 HD's in atm, and I'm gonna be buying another one purely to expand my storage, however it's SATA, and i've read that OS X doesn't support SATA (I think that's crap, given that the PPC G5 is clearly stated as using SATA))

Also, anyone know about OS X and the VIA PT880, how well do they play? I've read that the Intel 915 - 975 all play nice with OS X, and that P4M266A and K8M800 are supposed to be fine (iirc the 266A is a fairly value geared chip, the PT880 isn't quite so value geared, so I'm thinking it'll be ok?)

hm_murdock:
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obob:
LOL! to the image

Don't be hating on my Celeron...it boots...that's got to be at least 1 point....

and wow that's a nice price, question on the G4 tower, the 400MHZ, is it gonna be sluggish, yes, no?
also, what kind of upgrades can I make using "PC" hardware, vs "mac" hardware?
(i know next to nothing about upgrading a Mac)

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