Doug Hinschberger wrote: > chris, > > After all my other attempts at getting the G3 to boot, I had ordered an > IDE drive to stick in it, supposing the SCSI HD in it was bad. (We bought > the Mac with the SCSI drive in it, it didn't have an IDE HD.) But, then > on Friday, I had another possibility come to me, so I tried it. > > When I had been installing a temp system folder after initiating the > drive, to use for the restore via Retrospect, I was selecting and using a > minimal system install. The Mac would boot from this but I would have > trouble getting the restore to complete, and the Mac was subsequently > having trouble booting after that. > > This time, initialized the HD again with Drive Setup, and I let the > installer do the suggested install of OS 9.1. Then went about the restore. > > Lo and behold, after this restoration, the drive booted up and is working. > > Every time, both before and this time, I was having the installer update > the driver, so unless the installer was doing something 'funny' that > wasn't different. But _something_ different occurred this time. > > So the IDE drive arrived Friday, too, and I'm debating whether I need it. > > Doug > > -- > 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
If your G3 is set up for another HD then stick it in one of the empty bays. I have an 8.4 SCSI GB HD and a 40 IDE GB HD in another bay. Later, Dan -- 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
