On Feb 11, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Chance Reecher wrote: > Unless the 2nd bay has some sort of PATA to SATA converter, there should be > no way for a SATA drive to even be connected. Clearing that up would be a > great help to the group. > If I am correct about a PATA to SATA converter, then perhaps there is some > incompatability between the drives, converter, and the Mini. > > Chance > > Nicholas Fantuzzi wrote: >> >> >> Yes, I removed my superdrive and I put a 2nd PATA hard drive bay. >> It's a strange thing because, if I use a 500GB SATA hard drive the system >> doesn't boot, if I use a 80GB SATA hard drive the system boot instead, but >> it doesn't recognize any 2nd hdd. >> At the moment heat is not a problem, because I didn't rebuild the Mini :) >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks >> >> Nicholas
> Make a 180 GB partition on the 500 primary drive and see if it boots. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
