Clyde Kahrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snipped stuff> >everything ran fine. (The travelstar runs >fine in my external firewire case.) Any >Ideas? Would formatting in OSX do this--and >if so, why couldn't I boot up from a CD and >reformat? Where did the 6 gig drive most recently get formatted/initialized? If inside the FW case then the installed driver probably won't work with the drive inside the WS. If formatted/initialized in the OSX-TiBook then perhaps the OS9 drivers weren't installed.
Try this - in the WS with the 6GB installed and the OS CD in the CD drive, boot while holding down the key-combo command-option-shift-delete to force the internal drive to be _NOT_ 'seen' by the WS. If the CD still won't boot the 'Book then I suspect a HW issue, perhaps a conflict such as the Master/Slave setting on the drive (unlikely tho ...) If it _will_ boot with the above key-combo then from the CD launch Drive Setup and selecting the 6G drive from the list do -> Menu: Functions: Update Driver which should install an OS 9 compatible driver. Otherwise just re-initialize if it has the FW driver installed (which isn't updatable for a native ATA bus IIRC.) Interestingly, in my experience a drive initialized on a real ATA bus can usually be moved back and forth to/from a FW case without any problems. It's only when a drive is initialized in a FW case that it cannot then be moved back to an ATA bus without needing to be re-initialized. One tool I find extremely useful is a hardware adapter to use 2.5" drives in an ATA desktop system (eg: platinum G3 or newer.) It's much easier to mess around with such things as this on a desktop's known-good ATA bus than swapping drives in and out of PBs. Such adapters can be found at most any PC shop for under $10, or online (one source is PI Manufacturing <http://www.pimfg.com> - search for "250-CONVERT-IDE".) Dan K ................................. http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 ................................. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
