I tried the other lists and the only one that lets me post is the Jaguar list and this one, the Clamshell List isn't active anymore, I am very sorry about this... I have a 466mhz with DVD drive and the ram is maxed 576!!! The Tiger install disc will start but the HD doesn't show up in the install window... There is nothing wrong with the mother board because I put the old HD back in and it works very good... I can not get to the desktop with the new drive to open up the HD and go to the applications folder to find the utilities folder to reformat the HD... I did hook the Clamshell up to my Powerbook with my FireWire cable and got to the utilities folder from there but it was in OS 9 and still didn't show up there??? I've done this many many times before but I never had to reformat any drive, one of the HD drives I bought before I thought was new but looking at it, it says it is a reconditioned HD so it must have been already formatted for my machine... I never wanted to run anything newer then Jaguar in these because it runs too slow with anything newer, but many people have told me a 7200rpm HD will speed it up also a larger HD then 10g will too... I used to buy stacks of these Clamshells and fix them and sell them back in the day!!! I also know about getting to the options part of the install to select a clean and reinstall or save files and reinstall, I can't even get that far with the install, it makes to the window after I check agree to terms and that is it, no HD shows up... I even sent the one HD back to where I bought it and they sent me a new one and the same thing happens and they told me this will work... All of the Clamshells I have, and had, I installed Jaguar and OS 9.2.2 and didn't partition any of them, they all ran Classic or I could reboot into OS 9.2.2... Jaguar is now too old to run comfortably and Panther I just never liked it to begin with (I had one with Panther and down graded it to Jaguar)... I have been working on this for over a month now and tried so many different things and still can't get Tiger on this one Clamshell, if I get it to work and I like it I will do up the other 2 Clamshells with the same specs as this one I have (466mhz with 576mb and DVD drives)!!! Thank You very much for everyones help I really do love your input here!!!
-----Original Message----- >From: Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> >Sent: Apr 23, 2010 1:50 AM >To: Richard Gerome <onecoolka...@earthlink.net> >Subject: OFF-LIST: I can't format this new hard drive??? > >OFF-LIST: > >1) Boot the Tiger DVD by inserting it into the DVD drive and then >holding either the "C" key or the "Option" key at boot. > >2) If the DVD boots, then select "English" and from the menu bar >select "Disk Utility" and hopefully the drive will be shown in Disk >Utility. If it's not shown, you have a hardware issue. If it is shown, >highlight the HD and select the "Partition" tab. In Volume Scheme >select "1 partition". In Format Scheme select "Mac OS X Extended >(Journaled)" and in the Options button window select "Apple Partition >Scheme". Give it whatever name you wish and hit the "Apply" button. >Once the partition format completes, install OS X by quitting Disk >Utility and continuing the installer process. > >Some Clamshell's don't have a DVD drive, they're CD only, so if this >is the case, you'll need a CD installer. > >If the HD isn't recognized at all in Disk Utility then you've got a >hardware issue. The most likely problem is a jumper on the HD. It's >likely the HD is supposed to be jumpered as "master" and you've got it >set to "cable select" or "slave". When the jumper setting is incorrect >it can sometimes mess up the other device which would normally be the >CD unit, although sometimes the CD is on a completely separate bus >from the HD, and I'm not sure exactly how the clamshell is configured. >If it's not a jumper problem, then the cable is the only other normal >issue. If it's not the jumper or the cable, then you've got a >logicboard issue. > >I'd personally not install OS 9 onto this Mac, assuming you have >enough RAM for it. If you don't have at least a 256MB stick, and >preferably a 512MB stick, you should probably NOT install OS X, and >instead only install OS 9. Other options might be Ubuntu Linux for >PPC, but again, determining what version for an old G3 clamshell may >be difficult. I own several G3 clamshells myself, and they all have >Tiger 10.4.11 and seem to work fine. They won't play video smoothly, >but otherwise they work fine. > >Good luck! > >Kris Tilford - Topeka, Kansas -- 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
