This is a bit of a workaround but this might work... If you have a USB hard drive enclosure install the newer 320GB into it and format it using the Mac OS extended (journaled) setting. With the original hard drive still in the G4 clone the contents of that hard drive onto the new one in the USB enclosure. This is easily done with the disk utility app and will take a while but if it completes without any errors then try installing the new HD into the G4 and turn it on to see if it is recognized and working properly. If so then consider keeping the original HD in a safe place as a back-up to that Mac.
On Jan 29, 5:14 pm, Cameron Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am embarrassed to say that thinking I had killed my nice G4 > > PowerBook during the upgrade attempt, I purchased a replacement > > (because I was demonstrating MorphOS3.0 beta at a computer show and > > had to have a working G4 PowerBook that week) before I figured out > > that my first G4 PowerBook was okay when I put the original hard drive > > back into it. So now I have two 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook's and I put the > > 320gb hard drive into the second G4 PowerBook and find out that it > > also won't boot from the Tiger Install DVD. I bought a retail Leopard > > Install DVD and it will boot from that, but for some reason it still > > won't boot from the Tiger Install DVD. > > What does it do? > > Also, which version of the Tiger DVD? Retail 10.4.6 will boot any Power Mac; > the original retail may not boot some of the last models of PowerBook G4 and > that might be exactly your problem. > > -- > ------------------------------------ personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/-- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems *www.floodgap.com* [email protected] > -- When relatives are outlawed, only outlaws will have inlaws. > ---------------- -- 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
