Disk Permissions & Formating Disks in OS X Tiger

I'm running OS X Tiger at the moment on my Intel C2D iMac.
I have an external hard drive (USB) that I have been using with a PC for a while. I now want to use this with my Mac instead.
None of the information currently on the external drive needs to be preserved.
I understand that the native filesystem of OS X is HFS+ , is this correct?
If so, the only question that I have is how can I go about formating this disk to HFS+ from within Mac OS X ?
Thanks

Cheers for that, I would have been here long ago had I know that the forums existed.
Something I should have mentioned was that I followed the proceedure that you mentioned above and I was having problems. I can't tell you the exact problem/error or issue that I had at the moment because I am away from my Mac, at work.
I'll post it this evening though as soon as I get a chance.
Thanks for the reply!

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Can I use Targ. disk mode to add Tiger to a Mac mini G4 from an Intel iMac?

Hey all,
Last year I bought a 2.16 GHZ imac (intel duo core), I recently bought a used Mac mini on ebay for a gift for my mother (does not come with any software). She is dying to get an apple so I thought I would get her one. The mini is a 1.25 GHZ G4 PPC with 1 GB RAM and a 100 GB HDD. The person I am buying it from says that she tried to load Leopard and the install failed (something about firmware updates). I would like to add Tiger to it.
Here is my predicament...
I have the Tiger discs that came with my iMac. I have since bought and installed Leopard on my iMac. I was assuming that I could install my unused Tiger discs on the mini but have come to find out that is probably not going to work (discs are machine specific?).
So what I am wondering if there is a way to load Tiger onto the mini from the iMac using Target Disc Mode? If not, where can one find the unit specific version of 10.4? I just feel really dumb and thought that this would be an easier process. My mom's birthday is coming up soon and I just really want to have this done for her before it.
Another question, is anyone aware of what firmware updates the seller may have been alluding to?
I really do appreciate your time and assistance in this matter.
Thank you

Specifically this is the only order that will work with Target Disk Mode:
1. Setup the Mac with a broken or incompatible optical drive in target disc mode.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
2. Boot off Leopard or Tiger on the working optical drive of the non-target mode machine. Connect the two machines via Firewire cable.
3. Install Leopard or Tiger.
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Message was edited by: a brody

Floppy disk usage in OSX Tiger

In my present situation there is no way around using my USB floppy drive and floppies in general. This is because the job center where I attend ONLY accepts floppies. No USB, NO CD, nothing else but floppies. Sure I could and do post my resumes and letters on my FTP space which can be accessed via a web browser, but I cannot edit these resumes; since web content can only be downloaded. It would be nice if I could connect to a server via remote access and edit the resumes (if I find mistakes or add content) but this is not possible at the job center and through my Unix account.
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On my ibook I have created a disk image of my resume floppies. When I need to sync the image with my disk, I am having to manually drag and drop files/folders. Is there some easier way?
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John

Extended Hard Drive Preparation
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the drop down menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
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The computer doesnt take Mac OS X disk 2 when installing tiger

the computer doesnt take Mac OS X disk 2 when installing tiger

Is it showing error message during GarageBand install?
If so, I had this type of problem, and solved it by restating computer in Safe Mode (to enter Safe Mode you should hold "Shift" button on start-up while Apple logo appears).
Only trouble for me - my MacBook display was so dim in Safe Mode, that was a problem to see anything on the screen. But still, there are only few buttons to click during 2nd disk setup and I guess that "dark safe mode screen" could be only Mac laptop problem.

Erasing and re-titling a floppy disk using Disk Utility in OS Tiger

I am trying to erase and re-title a floppy disk using "Disk Utility." I keep getting an error message that "Disk Utility" cannot open the disk.
I'm using an external FD drive that plugs into the USB port and is recognized without the use of driver software. When the floppy disk icon appears on the desktop, and I select it, the use of "return" and typing in a new name has no effect. The floppy disk icon reappears named "Untitled."
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Is the disk locked? Haven't used a floppy in quite awhile, but do remember that they had a slider that would lock it.

Cant repair a Disk Image Volume in Tiger

Verify and Repair disk StreetAtlas_USA4.0.img
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Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
The volume StreetAtlas_USA4.0 needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
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1 volume could not be repaired because of an error
1 HFS volume checked
1 volume could not be repaired because of an error

This can make NDIFs...
http://www.kelleycomputing.net/freedmg/
http://www.kelleycomputing.net/freedmg/help/using.html
Or maybe if you have Disk Copy around...
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040601000808938&mode=print

Startup disk on top in Tiger, not in Leopard

Having recently upgraded from Tiger to Leopard, I noticed that the startup disc, which used to be always displayed on top of the others, remains where it was before restart when I decide to switch discs. I found it quite useful, on occasions, to instantly see which disc was the one running the show just by glancing at the desktop.
Before I move on to Snow Leopard, can someone please tell me why that useful feature would have been removed from Leopard or, better still, how to restore it ?
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a brody, Thank you for having replied so quickly.
Unfortunately, I do not see a check box for the icon arrangement.
Here is what I did.
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Apple -- Finder -- File -- Edit -- View -- Go -- Window -- Help
I clicked on the 5th item, the View menu.
There were 13 choices available :
as Icons
as List
as Columns
as Cover Flow
Clean Up
Arrange By
Show Path Bar
Hide Status Bar
Hide Toolbar
Customize Toolbar...
Show View Options
I opted for the last item, where I was offered the following possibilities :
— A graduated scale to set the icon size
— Another graduated scale for Grid spacing
— A scrollable menu for Text size
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How much disk space to install tiger

I have a G3 iBook with a 20 gig hard drive that has about 3 gig of free space. is this enough free space to install Tiger?

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I am trying to upgrade the hard drives in my 2004 2 Ghz Dual Processor PowerPC G5 running Mac OS X 10.4.11. (I need Tiger to run some older apps.) I replaced the original Maxtor 250GB SATA with a 3T Hitachi Deskstar. I'm hoping to install a second 3T drive and mirror all my work using RAID1. I would like to use this machine to drive my Nikon Slide Scanner and manage large archives of TIF and Raw photographic files.
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Is there a disk size limit under Tiger?
Is it possible that I'm encountering a timing problem with the bigger faster disk? Is there a different jumper setting I can use?
Is this likely a problem with the drive itself?
Is there another utility that I can use with OSX 10.4 that will fix this problem?
I've searched discussions and boards for the last day or so, and am not finding any answers.
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Mac OS X Version 10.4.11

To promote file contiguity and avoid fragmentation, disk space is typically allocated to files in groups of allocation blocks, or clumps. The clump size is always a multiple of the allocation block size. The default clump size is specified in the volume header.
http://dubeiko.com/development/FileSystems/HFSPLUS/tn1150.html#HFSPlusBasics
To use Partitions of more than 2.2TB they came up with GUID Partition Scheme, as APM had the 2.2TB limit. Drives also now use Advanced Format...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format
I've read that 10.4.11 is supposed to deal with that, but it's not 100% clear to me if that includes G5 Macs running 10.4.11, or only Intel Macs, or whether there might even be some split between early & late G5s with that capability.

How do you install Tiger using target disk mode?

Hi guys,
I have an old Powerbook G4 that seems to have a dead DVD drive, so i am now trying to install Tiger using target disk mode from my Macbook Pro.
I successfully mounted the G4 using target disk mode and the Tiger install DVD but when I double click the install icon, I get an error message saying: "Mac OS X 10.4 cannot be installed on this machine"
Okay, fine but i want to install the OS on the G4. How do I go about selecting the G4 for installation?
Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi Nichola,
Have you tried a search on the support site with the error messages you are receiving? (Maybe your computer doesn't meet the minimum requirements to run Tiger.)
To re-initialize your disk, go into disk utilities, select 'Erase' and follow the instructions. This will erase and format your disk. Hopefully this helps, but I'm not sure if it will solve your kernel panic problem - maybe that's a different issue all together??
Hopefully, you've already backed up your important data, but you should try to use target disk mode to do that if you are still unable to boot up the G4 using Tiger. Good luck - hope this is helpful.

Install Tiger gets stuck at "Verifying volume", Disk Utility not working

Hi there,
I am trying to upgrade to Tiger from OS10.3.9. I have repaired the disk permissions. Each time I try to install Tiger, it gets stuck at "Verifying Disk Volume". I then booted up from the Tiger DVD and ran Disk Utility from the DVD. Now First Aid is continually trying to repair the disk, and what appears over and over again is:
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
etc...
i don't know what to do about this. I do have two hard drives installed on my computer. The one I am trying to install on is a 74.5 GB ST380021A. The other is a 38.3 Maxtor 6E040L0.
It would be great to know if anyone has advice on this. Thanks so much!
clara

Hi there,
I am trying to upgrade to Tiger from OS10.3.9. I have
repaired the disk permissions. Each time I try to
install Tiger, it gets stuck at "Verifying Disk
Volume". I then booted up from the Tiger DVD and ran
Disk Utility from the DVD. Now First Aid is
continually trying to repair the disk, and what
appears over and over again is:
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
Rechecking volume.
Checking HFS Plus volume
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Incorrect number of thread records
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking Volume information.
Repairing Volume.
etc...
i don't know what to do about this. I do have two
hard drives installed on my computer. The one I am
trying to install on is a 74.5 GB ST380021A. The
other is a 38.3 Maxtor 6E040L0.
It would be great to know if anyone has advice on
this. Thanks so much!
clara
hai clara,
the issue is coz the drive on which ur trying to install has some issues .
please goto the article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=13628
in most of the cases u would try some third party disk utility like disk warrior and noton disk utility to repair the disk .
then u need to run disk utility from the TIGER disk .
follow the article
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
to repair the disc .
or else u can back up the data on ur HDD and then u need to do an erase and install of TIGER

Not enough disk space on a Windows-formatted External Drive?

I keep getting 'not enough disk space' message in Tiger when trying to back up my data to an external HD, formatted for windows (I share it with Bootcamp-based windows partition).
Now, the disk is 100 GIG and I'm only trying to back up 10 GIG. The disk is almost empty, and the disk's trashcan is empty.
I had same issues with a flashdisk at my father's. It was 2 GIG, and I was copying 500 megs of pictures. OSX kept telling me the disk didn't have enough space! Embarrassed, I had to copy photos in batches of 20. Of course, my Mac was ridiculed thoroughly.
I appreciate any help!

Hello,
Your problems may very well be related to the NTFS file system used by Windows.
The Mac OS has very limited support for NTFS partitions. It cannot write them at all. And, it only supports reading to a limited extent.
If you want to be able to read and write Windows formated partitions, you should be using the FAT32 format for your Windows drives. The Mac OS can read and write FAT32 drives without any trouble.
But, there are some Mac OS files and archives that absolutely cannot be written to a FAT32 drive either. So, you cannot backup your entire Mac OS hard drive to a FAT32 drive.
The Mac OS "PKG" file type will usually refuse to be written to a FAT32 drive. And, there are a lot of PKG files in the Mac OS installation. And, many of the software update downloads are also in PKG format.
If you want to backup your entire Mac OS hard drive to another drive, then that drive will also need to be formatted as a Mac OS X Extended volume.
But, if you are just wanting to share files between a Mac OS X and Windows XP installation, then you can safely use FAT32 for that shared drive / partition.
I hope this helps.
As for the comments that you endured, you should have asked him if his PC would even try to read a Mac OS formatted drive / disk. See how much laughing he does then.
Now, there are special programs that will enable Windows to read Mac OS disks. But, Windows cannot do it on it's own.
But, that brings us to another option for you. If you wanted to have all your other partitions fully compatible with the Mac OS (as in formatted as Mac OS X partitions), then you could do that. Then, use a program such as MacDrive on your Windows XP installation to enable you to read and write the Mac OS formatted partitions.
You can read more about that here:
http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive6/bootcamp.asp
I hope this helps.

FCP 5 and Tiger = do I need any utility to not spin-down my LaCie disks?

Before Tiger, I had a small utility that prevented my FW-disks not to spin down.
I run FCP 5, DVDSP4, SoundTrack Pro and some other apps on an iBook G4 and an G4 Dual.
After blowing the iBook disk, I have installed Tiger, and after each app install, I repair the disk permissions. Also after every software upgrade I repair the permission. Should I think of anything else to get a fresh clean system to start working in?
TIA

To force your drives to never sleep:
Launch the Terminal application (Applications>Utilities>Terminal) and type:
sudo pmset spindown x
type your password when it asks for it.
x=the number of minutes that you want till your drive spins down.
0 = never
More info on using pmset here:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/pmset.1. html
And I found this here
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html
I hope that this helps.
And note that this is a more 'controlled' way of putting the hard disk to sleep than is possible in >system preferences>energy saver>sleep>
If you go that way, checked means 10 minutes and unchecked means 180 minutes (not never).
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x

Using Tiger's Disk Utility on older systems (10.3) ??

My mom's iMac G4 has been acting up and unfortunately she can't find her
Panther Install CD.
I want to boot up from my Tiger disk and run Disk Utility for a drive check and possible repair.
Can I use the newer Disk Utility from my Tiger disk on her older Panther system?
I'd boot from my CD-Rom to scan her drive which has Panther installed on it.
thanks

Doing a disk repair should be OK, but don't do a permissions repair with the 10.4 disk on a 10.3 system. It might be fine, but it's possible that it might mis-set some permissions.

Leopard 10.5.1 cant repair permissions or verify disk etc etc etc

ive had 10.5.1 for months
i cant get disk utility to carry on its job
the blue progress line does not move
many updates wont finish like Adobe bridge 3
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Yes, you can erase your disk (hopefully you have an external drive with a 10.4.11 clone, or a way to back up your files before you erase) and reinstall 10.4, and update to 10.4.11.
I haven't experienced all of the issues you mention, but in disk utility, be patient; the progress bar does hang for awhile, but eventually, (5-10 minutes, depending on the size and condition of your drive) it will progess, and finish permissions repair.
Some of the other things you mentioned may be the result of an upgrade install of Leopard, rather than erasing and installing fresh; if you do a clean erase and install know, I would bet that your problems would disappear.

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