With all the discussion recently I'd like to chime with my limited success. I have a beige G3 w/ a Rev A ROM (thanks to those who helped me figure it out). When I first got this machine it had the original 6GB drive. I had an old 30GB Maxtor I wanted to use. So I swapped the original HD cable with one that had 2 connectors and set the Maxtor to be a slave. I was able to successfully boot & use the 2nd drive. I subsequently removed it because it's very loud.
But I wanted to try it again yesterday, so I put it in the bay above the CD-RW (a generic Mitsumi 4x fully supported by Finder) and set the HD as slave. In this configuration the HD worked, but the CD no longer functioned at all in OS X. It refused to recognize any discs inserted. In conclusion, I have no idea why this worked. I didn't know about the slave restriction when I initially added the 2nd drive. Also, I have the cables connected in the following configuration on the logic board. I forgot exactly how the cables were connected when I was removing them, so this is my best guess. The problem is that now I can't seem to burn anything with the CDRW. I'm going to try and switch back to the single connector cable & see if that solves the problem. (back of case) ============== | SCSI | connected to super slow ZIP ============== | HD | HD in original, internal bay ============== | CD | double connector IDE cable ============== -- --------------------------------------------------------- Drew Taylor * Web app development & consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Site implementation & hosting www.drewtaylor.com * perl/mod_perl/DBI/mysql/postgres --------------------------------------------------------- -- 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
