-----Original Message----- >From: Doug Burton <[email protected]> >Sent: May 5, 2008 8:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Beige G3 MT problem > > > >On May 5, 2008, at 8:14 PM, Liam Proven wrote: > >> >> 2008/5/5 Jack Countryman <[email protected]>: >>> >>> If, as you say, the hard drive formatted with one utility won't see >>> the >>> other and vice versa, one wonders what formats these hard drives >>> were? HFS+ >>> would be the typical format for newer Mac OS versions. Or are both >>> the cd >>> and the Hard drive jumpered to master at the same time? >> >> HFS+ everywhere. Alas I've lost disc 1 of my 10.2 install set and >> nothing newer runs on Beiges without XPF. >> >> Nope, wasn't a jumper issue, and seems to occur with SCSI drives, >> too... >> >> >> -- >> Liam Proven • Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven > > From what I remember about the beige G3's, if you use IDE and OS X, it >has to reside on a partition which is slightly less than 8Gb and that >must be the first partition. That restriction doesn't apply to SCSI >HD's. But as mentioned, there could be an issue with the controller >which formatted the drive not being compatible with the beige SCSI bus. > Also, I believe XPF is only needed to install the OS. In other words, >if you use a B&W to install 10.3 on an IDE drive properly partitioned >as mentioned above and then transfer to the beige it should boot and >run just fine. I may be way off on this, it's been a long time since I >fooled with beige G3 machines. HTH > >Just a message from Doug... > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
