On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:43 PM, classical wrote: > On 2010-02-11 16:22 -0800, John Carmonne wrote: > >> A copy of DiskWarrior is an invaluable tool that can save a lot of time for >> an installation like this. It will magically fix a lot of stuff that others >> say it can't , but it's the best $99,00 you'll ever spend. You have to >> remember Tiger came out after the G3 PowerBooks. I know this first hand, I >> have a Wally on XpostFacto Tiger booting an 80GB drive. Plus I can boot >> externals with that G3. Wallstreet 300MHz. > > Maybe worth noting - if you want to repair your main hard drive with DW4, > you'll need to be running Tiger from another volume, and preferably from > another hard drive altogether. I use an 'XCaret Pro' Hard Drive expansion > bay module for this. If I have trouble with the internal drive, I can simply > insert the expansion bay hard drive, reboot into Tiger from that drive, and > also run DW4 from there. > > When I last looked they were still available new from the manufacturer MCE > for $69. > http://store.mcetech.com/ >>> Clearance >>> Hard Drives > or else search the site for 'XPKIT' > And of course you might get lucky on Ebay. > > (Expansion Bay Heaven is of course TWO expansion modules, so you can mount > extra hard drives simultaneously in both right and left expansion bays) > > hth.. AD
Thanks for the expansion bay tip. I want one of those> John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
