hi, as an option, ide disks have "limit capacity" jumppers on. you can try to put a jumper on and then try if disk utility can format the drive with install 9 drivers option. afaik, old iMacs had the same thing with disks greater than 128 GB's.
On Oct 2, 2009, at 6:30 AM, Tom wrote: > > 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? > > And by the way, this old iMac does see the new drive as a 500 gig, or > rather 460 or something. > > Tom > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
