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Automount an AirDisk in OS X 10.3.x
Authored by: robogobo on Dec 26, '07 09:51:06AM

that iMac can run 10.4 no prob. I'm doing it.



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Automount an AirDisk in OS X 10.3.x
Authored by: Sven G on Dec 26, '07 10:05:17AM

But mine has a Sonnet Harmoni processor upgrade card, which sadly is incompatible with Tiger: in particular, there are problems with the 10.4.x FireWire kernel extensions with that card (which also expands the original tray-loading CRT iMac with a new FireWire port).

I tried to install Tiger on it, some time ago, but there were some unacceptable slowdowns and spinning beachballs, apparently due to that problem (see also the XPostFacto forums).

And I really need the FireWire port for an external hard drive, on that iMac.

Maybe things have changed, in the meantime...?



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Automount an AirDisk in OS X 10.3.x
Authored by: robogobo on Dec 27, '07 04:49:19AM

aha, interesting. I don't know about those things, but maybe Sonnet have a patch for it? I never knew the iMac could be upgraded.



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Automount an AirDisk in OS X 10.3.x
Authored by: Sven G on Dec 27, '07 05:58:58AM
Here is the product page:

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/harmoni_g3.html

... but sadly it isn't Tiger compatible - and probably will never be (as it it's now essentially a legacy product) - and there is still no patch (at least that I know of, even if it would probably have been trivial to provide it, maybe).

... Which is what often happens, sadly: "they" make a potentially great product, and then "suddenly" forget it (se also MS Virtual PC, for example: what a shame that they ditched years and years of great software only for money-related purposes!).

That said, the original Bondi iMac isn't officially supported by Apple (it lacks built-in Firewire) for Tiger, so one cannot really pretend that third parties support it: anyway, it would probably have been rather easy to integrate Tiger support into Harmoni (an *upgrade*, so not really restricted to what Apple officially supports!).

That said, Panther runs great on the original iMac: and certainly faster than Tiger, anyway...

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