Hello, G-listers.
I'm hoping someone among you can help me solve this problem before I lose my mind. ;-)
Technical Refresher:
G3/233 Beige, Rev 1 96 Mb RAM Currently running OS 8.1 on an old 2 gig SCSI HD, but trying to change this before it dies (see below).
I've just had a 20-gig Western Digital IDE HD installed in my G3 which I ultimately want to run on OS 9.2.2 (I've got the free updates to install once I get the new HD up and running). I know the drive is good (I'll tell you why momentarily).
Using Drive Setup from an OS 9.1 full install CD, I was able to both format it as an HFS+ drive, and, as this CD also told me to do, Update Driver. Next, I was able to install OS 9.1 -- once I got past a very peculiar error message. Namely, I deliberately selected "XXX" (new HD's temporary name) as the HD to install the OS 9.1 on, but after "Checking XXX" I got the following bizarre response, which I wrote down verbatim:
"The hard disk driver in Nucleolus cannot be updated with this program because the disk is not an Apple hard disk. Contact the manufacturer of your computer or hard disk tro see if you need to update the driver."
Now, the reason I think this is bizarre is because Nucleolus (though true enough, it isn't an Apple disk) is NOT the hard disk I was trying to install the OS 9.1 on! However, clicking "continue" rather than "cancel" got the 9.1 installed on XXX, the desired hard disk. Or so it appeared when I double clicked on its HD icon: it looked like everything was in place after the installation finished.
The problem is this -- even though I (a) installed 9.1 on XXX, and then proceeded to (b) select it as my startup disk, it won't start up no matter if I hit "restart" from the Apple menu or shut it down and use the power button on the keyboard to boot. What DOES it start up with? Nucleolus, the old SCSI drive!!!
Also, if I have a bootable CD in my G3 and use that as my startup, it boots just fine and everything that's supposed to show up on the desktop does. But when Nucleolus is the boot drive, XXX--the new HD--does not so much as even appear on the desktop! (anyone know why this might be?)
I know this new HD works, even though I got it used. My boyfriend had put Linux on it and booted a Linux machine with it, no problems. So now that I've got it Mac formatted and a Mac OS on it, why won't it boot my G3 when I make it the startup disk? Is there something about Mac in general or the G3 in particular which makes it prefer booting from SCSI drives rather than IDE?
Before a CUDA reset try a PRAM reset.Hold Command (apple)-Option-P-R at start up and let it chime 3 times.
Or... something I have been doing while making changes and troubleshooting my Beige G3 (same as yours) is boot into Open Firmware to reset your settings. Hold Command-Option-O-F at start up until you see a white screen with some system information text with one line that says "To continue booting, type 'mac-boot' (not the ' quote symbol) and press return." (If you type 'mac-boot' and then hit return the boot process will continue with nothing changed).
At the bottom cursor prompt, type 'init-nvram' then press return. It should say "ok" and give another cursor prompt.
Next type 'reset-all'
then press return again and the system will should restart normally and hopefully the reset fixed the problems. You can otherwise get out of Open Firmware by typing "bye" and then return at the prompt.
Mike
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