On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:03 PM, insightinmind wrote:
> > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:01 PM, insightinmind wrote: > >> >> >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:47 AM, Sam Macomber wrote: >> >>> >>> Ok, so as much as I wanted a new iMac the money just isn't there >>> so >>> for the time being I threw together a machine from parts that we >>> were >>> getting rid of at work. After much fiddling to get OS9 on the >>> machine to update the firmware on the PATA card(royal PITA) it >>> seems >>> to be all running well except the 10.5.6 combo update just hangs at >>> the start(currently at 10.5) All other updates have installed fine. >>> it was nearly 3AM when I finished everything so I left it there. >>> Any reason it would do that? >>> >>> >>> stats: >>> Early Quicksilver 733MHz >>> 1.8GHz processor upgrade (power logix) >>> 1.25GB RAM >>> Radeon9000 Pro (from a MDD) >>> Sonnet ATA133 card >>> Dynex(whatever bestbuy brand)4 port USB 2.0 card >>> Air port card >>> super drive (pioneer 109? apple branded one) >>> booting off the Sonnet card have a pair of 320GB WD drives as RAID 1 >>> and a 500GB on the other channel airport is off wising the internal >>> ethernet... >> >> It might be hanging with the USB 2 card ... 10.5 is sensitive to USB >> 2 protocol being followed ... the others look up to par with 10.5, >> AFAICT (AFAI-can tell). > > Also ... I believe this to be correct ... the main ATA bus on the QS > 733 has the 128GB limit, but the Sonnet ATA133 is good with larger > drives. >> correctamundo that's why I put that card in there, only thing hooked up to the QS ATA bus is the superdrive. Although I did put a 500GB drive on the internal bus and mounted and I could access the data on it, just could not re-format it, Disk util saw it was a 500GB but only formatted for 128. after reformatting is showed as a 128GB drive until I put it on the Sonnet card (after I updated the firmware) I'll try pulling the USB card tonight... Also have to deal with my AppleTV, gone all wonky on us... -sam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
