This is probably an RTFM issue, but I don't have the manual to read. I'm at 10.2.8 on a beige G3 MT, and I'm trying to use Disk Copy to copy the 10.4 DVD out to a partition with enough space to hold it. Disk Copy only shows me areas on the 8-gig-limited first partition.
How do I tell it to use another partition or the second hard disk?
Thanks!
Mark M. Hart
did u use disk utility to partition the rest of the drive?
I don't remember what it was called, but I partitioned it with the apple disk utility when I first installed 9.0. I created a 5-gig partiton #1, a 2-gig partition #2, and a hundred-some-odd gig partition #3. I also created a 128 gig partition on drive #2.
Should I try something different?
Thanks!
Mark M. Hart
My Beige G3 wouldn't see partitions of over 20 GB in OS X. So I partitioned my 30 GB HD into 8 GB (system) + 11 GB (storage 1) + 11 GB (storage 2).
Hope this helps.
Having nothing of value on the 2nd drive, I partitioned it into 6 small partitions of 19.9 GB or less. They still didn't show up in the disk copy window, so I went to partition 1 and created a folder called Disk Images. That didn't show up, either, but then I dragged the Disk Images folder into the favorites button and restarted disk copy. It now sees the Disk Images folder and I am creating the image there (goodness knows how long it will take, it's been going for a half hour and the progress bar is only at about half done).
Thanks for the info! Next time I'll try doing the folder-create-and-drag-to-favorites from a big partition and see if it works.
Mark M. Hart
Just to update, I created a folder in a 115-gig partition and dropped it on favorites. It works just fine with disk copy.
Thanks for your help, everybody!
Mark M. Hart
hey did you partition the drive useing the OS 9.x install cd that is how i did mine and i see all 3 partitions in OS X. I have a 120gb hdd the first 8gb is for OS X the second partition is 10gb and its for OS 9.2.2 and the 3rd partition is the rest of the hdd for shared data for OS X and OS 9.2.2 to store its programs.
Yes, the 115G partition was done with the 9.0 setup disk - I have three partitions on my first drive: 5G on partition #1, 2G on partition #2, and 115G on the third partition.