On May 7, 2010, at 6:56 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
Strangely, it would not allow me to initalize the hd and I attempted
to see the contents and it did load a folder on the G4, but nothing
appears, so I tried to copy the bad 236Mb disk to my big USB 500Mb
hd and it would do nothing - no effort to copy anything.
That's a failing HD or drive controller on the MacBook. If Disk
Utility on the MacBook claims the disk is OK (check the SMART status,
if it shows errors it's a failing drive.
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Since your much smarter than me, what is this thing called GUID?
GUID partition format rather than the normal Apple partition format,
Looking at the partition map, it is showing something less than 1
partition, why?
Because when Apple went to the Intel platform, they moved to a
different partition format for the disk. PPC Macs are partitioned with
APM 'Apple Partition Map', intel based systems are partitioned using
GUID because that's what used by EFI, which is the Intel Mac
equivalent of a BIOS on PC's.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table>
What do you mean 'less than one partition'?
When you look at the partition map in Disk Utility do you mean that
the white box doesn't fill the whole drive?
If so it's entirely likely the Macbook has either a Boot Camp
partition, or it's a failing controller or drive.
So, in sum you have a Macbook that cannot boot from the optical drive,
will not boot in safe mode, and cannot transfer files in FW Target mode?
This is likely to be a seriously fubared system.
My next step would be to physically remove the drive, and see if it
works with one of these <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=2020&cpc=RESX
>
It will be slow on the Sawtooth, but if you can transfer files,
format, repartition, etc, then the issue is the logic board on the
MacBook.
If, as I hope, you have similar issues (can't copy, DU can't dismount,
etc) it's the drive which is by far the cheaper fix.
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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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