Hi James, Did you check if the Adaptec site has any support for this card in OSX? Some cards are not supported and/or never will be. Best George
--- James Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought a new G4 and installed an Adaptec 29160 > PCI/SCSI > card and a Quantum Atlas 10k SCSI hard drive in it. > Thinking to put > the operating system on the faster (Ultra 160) > Quantum Atlas SCSI > hard drive. > > I cannot initialize or mount this Atlas drive when > booted > from the OS 10.2 CD that came with the G4. > > I can initialize this Atlas drive with the OS 9.2.2 > CD that > came with the PowerBook I bought last summer. But I > still cannot > install OS 10.2 on it. > > I cannot install OS 10.2 on this drive when booted > from the > OS 10.2 CD that came with the G4. (Will not install > a system folder) > > I cannot install OS 10.2 Jaguar on this drive when > booted > from the OS 10.2 Jaguar retail version CD that I > own. (Will not > install a system folder) > > I cannot install OS 9.2 on this hard drive until OS > 10.2 is > installed because you have to boot from OS 10.2 and > then install OS > 9.2. > > I called Apple and a tech told me the SCSI drive is > not supported. > > Does this mean you can't use a SCSI hard drive in > Apple > computers any more? > > I'm one ticked off Apple Computer owner! (To put it > mildly) > -- > MacSheep ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
