Spec's: G4 Sawtooth 450 MHz, 1 GB RAM, OS 9.2.2. and OS 10.4.11 on same boot volume. WDC 80 GB Master (boot), Seagate 80 GB slave (for back ups), ATTO UL2D SCSI card with a pair of 18 GB HDD drives for the old backups, and stock ATI Pro Video card.
This is a legacy machine running legacy graphic arts software (PageMaker 6.5, Extensis Suitcase, old PS, Illy, Acrobat, etc) in Mac OS 9.2.2 for old files that my clients routinely change and update for printing. It was easier just to print from the old stuff than redo or convert. Before the HDD switch it was running mostly OS 9 and was very quick and snappy. When copying the data from the old drive I cloned the "boot" volume to an external Firewire drive volume and restored this clone to the WDC 80 GB. I cloned the "data" volume to another FW external volume and then cloned that to the Seagate 80 GB drive. I have checked the proper Master/Slave jumpers on the new HDD's The problem: When I do the simplest tasks in OS 9 --like close a window or drag a file to the trash the screen pauses for 5, 10, 15 seconds as it redraws itself. Desktop icons (only a few) unmount an remount and all work comes to a halt until the process is completed. What I have done in OS 9 is: 1) Zapped the PRAM 2) Rebuilt the desk top of the boot volume and the data volume, both on the WDE 80 GB drive. 3) Disconnected the SCSI drives from the ATTO card 4) Disconnected the slave 80 GB Seagate backup drive. 5) Left the computer on overnight in case it was some kind of indexing problem 6) Tried running Classic OS 10.4.11. I get a "Server Not Found Message"???? And I will also need to resolve a lot of font problems in. 6a) I deleted all recent server aliases in the Apple menu and unchecked auto update time in all Preferences. Cause of the problem? It doesn't matter to me if I run OS 9 or Classic in OS 10. I just need to get the old speed back. TIA --glen -- 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
