Eagle wrote: > Greetings, all. > > That hard drive must be hosed, because I swapped out the HD today with > another one, this one an 8.4GB. I easily installed Panther and OS 9.2.1 > onto that hard drive. It's too small for production work, but at least > it confirms that the problem was indeed the hard drive.
Glad you got it fixed. Let me reply to your previous email below: > This is interesting to me, because the way the box is cabled (internally) the > interface labeled "Ultra ATA" (toward the front of the box) is for the HD, > and the one labeled "IDE" (toward the back of the box) is for the optical > drive. The IDE port for the HD is right in front of the HD when the HD has been bolted on the HD bracket at the back of the Mac (the default position). The B&W G3 even came with an IDE cable a few inches long that was just long enough to reach the mobo. > You might have seen my post about this earlier - are there any PCI IDE > controllers that can be had for under $90? The 'Sonnet Tempo ATA/133 PCI Host Adapter Card' seems to be just under $80. The SIIG is even $75, but they claim that you need 'Mac OS X 10.1 or later'. URL (could be truncated, if so, cut and paste): <http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgrades.cfm?model=41&type=Hard+Drive+Controller&TI=%23TimeFormat%28Now%28%29%2C+&shoupgrds=Show+Upgrades> I've got the RAID version of that card with several Maxtor drives in my B&W G3 Rev1, no problems whatsoever. > How do you do a low-level format on an IDE drive? Drive Setup won't do it, > but I did do a "zero all bytes" format. Yep, that's what I meant actually, the low level option is greyed out nowadays since it doesn't seem to be neccessary. I think Kyle can elloborate? * * -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
