on 11/12/04 00:34, Herbert Goodfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Last month I wrote to ask whether a Toshiba ATA-6 hard disk drive > (model MK4026-GAX) could be installed in a Pismo. The consenus was > that it could not. I bought one anyway, figuring that I could return > it if necessary. > > I installed the MK4026-GAX and partitioned it using a full-retail > install disk of OS 10.3, but when I went to install the OS I could > not. The screen which shows available volumes had all three volumes > "prohibited" and showed a message "cannot install OS because your > computer cannot start up from this volume." > > I immediately concluded that the drive would not work, so I exchanged > it for a Hitachi 5K80 (same 40GB capacity and 5400rpm as the > Toshiba). Alas, when I tried to install the OS again (same > partitions, same install CD), I got the same error message! > > I decided to try instead a DVD (same OS) from a PowerMac G4, and the > DVD did not give the error message. However, instead of proceeding to > install from the DVD I switched back to the retail CD that had > refused to install. This time it worked! > > Does anyone have a good theory as to why the OS would not install the > first time, but did install after the CD was removed and re-inserted?
The only guess I can make is that the format didn't setup the boot sector properly, I would also guess that the Toshiba drive would have worked. Unless specified otherwise, and unless the ATA interface has changed physically, those drives are almost always backward compatible with older ATA interfaces. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] card walloper n.: An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
