Tom writes, <Thanks, Yersinia and Taner. Well, I can start the old iMac up with the 10.4 installer disk, and then use its Disk Utility to format the new drive, but no matter how I try it (either Erase or Partition), I am not given any option to install any OS 9 drivers. It just doesn't offer that option. Am I missing it somewhere? Where should I look for it?>
When you go to the Erase tab in Disk Utility, immediately below the fields for the choice of Volume Format and the name to give the HD< there's a little box for a checkmark next to text which reads "Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed." If there's already a check in the box, you're OK, no need to do anything. But if the box has no checkmark, you give it one by clicking the box. This has to be done for OS 9 to install and run on the system. <And by the way, this old iMac does see the new drive as a 500 gig, or rather 460 or something.> Wow, that's cool! I guess your mother-in-law's Jurassic Mac can do things my Triassic Mac can't! LOL Good luck! :-) ~Yersinia. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---