Installing Tiger on a 19 gig HD

[JW8725]

Hello just aquired a 19 gig HD, was wanting to install a fresh copy of Tiger, do i have enough space? How would I do this? Do I just slap in my Tiger disc or do I have to make this boot drive and boot from disc?

Thanks

 

[edesignuk]

19GB is more than enough, just slap it in, and select it when you run the instal (might have to partition/format it).

 

[Blue Velvet]

You can also save some space by not installing all the additional languages and printer drivers.

 

[JW8725]

Sorry im a complete noob at this:

1. Slap the Tiger disc in, it says to restart

2. Restart and choose the 19 giger?

Thanks

 

[Blue Velvet]

Sorry im a complete noob at this:

1. Slap the Tiger disc in, it says to restart

2. Restart and choose the 19 giger?

Thanks

Yep. But it will erase that drive completely...

Take your time, explore all the options as they are presented to you as you go through the process.

 

[JW8725]

Yep. But it will erase that drive completely...

Take your time, explore all the options as they are presented to you as you go through the process.

ok update:

I'm now on the PC

Mac has this map of the world icon flashing on startup. The Tiger disc wont come out. When I was installing after reboot there was a big red exclamation mark on the 19 giger saying i couldnt install tiger to it??

Help!!

 

[James Philp]

I've done it on a 11 Gig HD, so I don't forsee any problems for you.
I did a clean install (after backing up) and unchecked a lot of the printer drivers that I know I'll never need. I don't remember what I did with the languages...

Enjoy, a fresh install is like a whole new Mac. It whizzes! (Even on a G3 500!)
Now, if I could only figure out what I need to install again, I would do it to my iMac G4...

 

[belvdr]

ok update:

I'm now on the PC

Mac has this map of the world icon flashing on startup. The Tiger disc wont come out. When I was installing after reboot there was a big red exclamation mark on the 19 giger saying i couldnt install tiger to it??

Help!!

You need to partition that 19GB disk. Boot from the CD again by holding C when the bong happens. After the installer comes up, click the Installer menu and select Disk Utility. You will then want to partition the 19GB drive.

 

[JW8725]

You need to partition that 19GB disk. Boot from the CD again by holding C when the bong happens. After the installer comes up, click the Installer menu and select Disk Utility. You will then want to partition the 19GB drive.

Hi i partitioned the HD to 19 gig as you mentioned. I still keep getting the below screen. This HD isnt SMART compatible, maybe that could be why?

 

[macrlz9]

you can't boot from a usb hard drive.