Charles Davis wrote: > On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Stro wrote: > > >> >> On Sep 22, 5:56 pm, "Dan A. Currie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Stro wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> I have a beige g3 desktop that I am trying to put a larger hard >>>> drive in. I can get the g3 to see the hd when I start up with >>>> the os9 >>>> cd and it formats. No errors, everything normal. OS 9 will >>>> install, >>>> but when I try to restart all I get is a blank screen. The startup >>>> chime plays, but nothing on the screen. The monitor works when I >>>> start up from the cd. Any suggestions. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Lee >>>> >>> Exactly how large is the new drive? You might want to partition it >>> and >>> make the 1st partition about 10GB and divide the test. Mine has HD, >>> Documents, Utilities and Storage. >>> >>> Dan Currie >>> >> It is a 40gb hd. It has two partitions, one is 7.5gb. >> >> Lee >> --~--~---------~--~----~ >> > 40 GB isn't getting close to any size limitation problems. > Did you do the formatting using the OS9 install media? > Were the OS9 drivers installed? > > Chuck D. > > I agree about the size but you might want to reformat for possible OSX installation at a later date. I think the 1st partition has to be greater than 9GB.
Recheck your partitioning and installation, possibly do a Clean Install and try again. BTW wat is your G3? Dan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
