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<blockquote data-quote="johntalin" data-source="post: 336383" data-attributes="member: 24431">Thanks bobtomay. I appreciate all your suggestions.My G4 Sawtooth does not allow me to switch Master with Slave HD via switching jumpers. The manual says that the Master which came with the computer always has to be the Master HD. So, I was trying to figure out how to work around it while leaving the Master alone.May be I am expecting too much from my old Mac. But, the link below is claiming that you can install OSX on the Slave Drive and run it from there while you can run your OS9 from the smaller Master Drive. It would be really good, except that I don't have the courage to test it.<a href="http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=5361&amp;an=0&amp;page=464" target="_blank">http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&amp;Number=5361&amp;an=0&amp;page=464</a>Yes, a Clean Install will erase everything on your HD. In that case, you will need to do a back up first. In my case though, I don't have any data on the Slave Drive right now. I have just installed it a few days ago and I decided to post a question about it before I get myself in trouble.There is a way to install OSX and save the old data by doing Archive and Install.After all, in my case, may be the best thing will be to grin and bear it and get to work. I will need to build my HD from scratch, which I was trying to avoid. Thanks.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="johntalin, post: 336383, member: 24431"] Thanks bobtomay. I appreciate all your suggestions. My G4 Sawtooth does not allow me to switch Master with Slave HD via switching jumpers. The manual says that the Master which came with the computer always has to be the Master HD. So, I was trying to figure out how to work around it while leaving the Master alone. May be I am expecting too much from my old Mac. But, the link below is claiming that you can install OSX on the Slave Drive and run it from there while you can run your OS9 from the smaller Master Drive. It would be really good, except that I don't have the courage to test it. [url]http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=5361&an=0&page=464[/url] Yes, a Clean Install will erase everything on your HD. In that case, you will need to do a back up first. In my case though, I don't have any data on the Slave Drive right now. I have just installed it a few days ago and I decided to post a question about it before I get myself in trouble. There is a way to install OSX and save the old data by doing Archive and Install. After all, in my case, may be the best thing will be to grin and bear it and get to work. I will need to build my HD from scratch, which I was trying to avoid. Thanks. :o [/QUOTE]

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