Is there a way to partition the disk that 10.3.9 runs on? Disk Utility doesn't let me do that by default because 10.3.9 is running on it.
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Partitioning the disk in Panther
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Yeah, unfortunately, Tiger was the OS that introduced non-destructive disk partitioning. If you have a copy of the Tiger DVD, try booting to it and re-partitioning from Disk Utility? Backup first.
Only later versions of Tiger had it. I'm not sure if PowerPC Tiger ever supported it. I do know that if the drive has the OS 9 drivers installed on it, the entire hard drive must be erased before it can be repartitioned.
The procedure for partitioning in 10.3.9:
1. Backup the drive to be partitioned.
2. Boot from A DIFFERENT drive
3. Re-initialize and partition the "target drive"
4. Restore backups to it as necessary.
Aside:
10.3.9 is a good OS and I used it for years, "holding out" from upgrading any further.
But 10.4.x is a good upgrade, I discovered...
1. Backup the drive to be partitioned.
2. Boot from A DIFFERENT drive
3. Re-initialize and partition the "target drive"
4. Restore backups to it as necessary.
Aside:
10.3.9 is a good OS and I used it for years, "holding out" from upgrading any further.
But 10.4.x is a good upgrade, I discovered...