Partition for Panther an iChat 2.1

I am one of those who has had lots of trouble with Tiger and iChat 3x. I cannot connect with my son who uses a PC and AIM. I have been able to video chat using Panther and iChat 2.1. After upgrading, that no longer works. I have followed lots of the advice on the iChat 3 discussions, done tests, etc. I get stuck with higher speed PC's, as I can connect with slower PC's. (Tested with James Weston.)
I have reverted back to Panther from Tiger on my iBook and can again video chat using 2.1. I want to partition my HD on my iMac, with a smallish partition for OS 10.3.9 and iChat 2.1 only.
What size partition would be adequate, using it only for iChat?
Any advice?
Thanks.
Larry

4Gb will do it.

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gcjammin1, welcome to Apple Discussions.
The 8GB partition only applies to some older Macs. It doesn't apply to G4s. See 8 GB Partition Requirements
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25249
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Can anyone recommend a free maintenance utility for panther ?

I have an iBook running OS 10.3.5 Panther. It is not running as well as it used to despite clearing the hard drive of old files. I think it would benefit from some kind of a maintenance script utility that would clean and optimise the system. This is a spare computer that we use mostly for surfing, email and iTunes, my main computer is a newer Macbook. Does anyone have any recommendations for a good 3rd party downloadable utility for Panther, preferably free or shareware, that I could install and run periodically?

Hi 12frets56!
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BSD Subsystem is a Unix tool, and numerous applications require it to function.
If I find a more technical definition, I'll post it!
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EDIT: Here ya go Berkeley Software Ditrubution!
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hello
i am pretty new at imac so bare with me and i really need help.
IMAC
OS X version 10.9.5 ( i think its os X mavericks ??)
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Psike:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
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After restart and set up:
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Please post back with questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius
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