i have just booted into 8.6 on the sawtooth

but... the startup assistant started + Crashed immediately..
which is not a good sign.
but the finder windows are EXTREMELY FAST compared to any version of 9.0
if i had a very good video camera with high speed frame rate perhaps i could capture the speed of the finder windows
on 8.6 to compare with 9.x on this machine.. its a very big difference in responsiveness... there is no pause at all when clicking "macintosh hd"
the finder window INSTANTLY opens and zips into place all files already displayed..
when i run 9.x on the sawtooth theres always small pauses + waiting times when clicking a folder to open with the finder.
***updated errors/problems + observations with 8.6 hack on agp sawtooth
-ethernet does not work, built in ethernet port is not showing up in tcp/ip settings

i suppose i could add a pci ethernet card and it would work
-firewire does not work, i plugged in my drive, and its not showing up, the drive light is powered on, it should work, but doesnt
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boot time is very fast...extremely fast compared to 9.x, so fast that i just rebooted, heard the chime, turned my back to the other computer for a few seconds and when i looked back it was already at the desktop, so fast that i thought it never rebooted LOL
i was reading something last night about them updating the usb + firewire drivers for the g4..
to enhance usb for the coming devices that were being invented at the time. a lacie usb hard drive was one of the
first to have specific usb "mass storage" drivers written for mac os 8.6 on the g4 (at usb 1.1 speed)
anyway im
definately missing the drivers for the hardware