On Sep 22, 7:25 pm, Stro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sep 22, 7:12 pm, "Dan A. Currie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > 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
>
> I used the OS 9.2.1 cd to format and to do the install. Everything
> proceeded normally during the install. But no start from the hd.
>
> BTW Dan, to install OSX, the 1st partition has to be less than 8GB.
>
> And the machine is a beige g3, 266 mhz processor, 768mb ram.
Okay, an update. I unplugged the hd, plugged it back in and zapped
the pram. It started up and let me know the battery was dead (The
date was reset). I now wonder if my problem could be a bad battery.
Guess I will have to get one and see.
Lee
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