So have we decided it's OK to share info about mac laptops? (Remembering how and why a previous G4 laptop query was deep-sixed... A seemingly arbitrary exclusion.)
BL > From: Dan <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:14:13 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: G4 PowerBook can't boot from Tiger Install DVD > > At 11:25 AM -0800 1/16/2012, David W. Morris wrote: >> After upgrading one of my G4 PowerBook's to a WD 320gb PATA hard >> drive, it will no longer boot using my Tiger Install DVD. >> >> I first thought the hard drive was bad (brand new drive), then I >> thought I had made a mistake in taking apart and putting back >> together my PowerBook. Eventually I took out the drive and >> re-installed my old hard drive and the PowerBook ran fine again. > > Normally, the HD would have nothing to do with booting from another > device -- unless it was somehow farking the bus. So by adding the > new device, you have somehow blocked the bootstrap (and probably > other functions) from reaching the other device. > > Ok... Perhaps you mixed the modes? If the ide devices in the > powerbook were originally set as master and slave, then you replaced > the master but set the new device to cable select, that would leave > the slave dangling off a cliff. Or vice versa. Either way, the bus > would be a bit irked... > > (this is off the top of my head as I don't have the PB docs currently). > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > 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 -- 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
