Sorry, second paragraph should have been > With the HD inside the TiBook, it won't boot - it's as if there is no disk in > the machine. (This is confirmed when I restart holding down alt/option to > generate a list of boot disks - this list is empty. I can't hear the disk > spinning up, even with the bottom case off and my ear next to the HD.
BTW, with SSD repartitioned and 10·5·8 and 10·4·11 partitions CCCed back to it, I can also boot from these. Bruce On 12 Feb 2012, at 22:53, Bruce Ryan wrote: > Hi folks > > I have 1GHz TiBook. After a few shenanigans (the SSD with which I replaced > the HD became corrupted), I tried to revert to using the original HD (A 60GB > fujitsu with partitions for MacOSes 10·5·8, 10·4·11 and 9·2·2. > > With the HD inside the TiBook, it won't boot - it's as if there is no disk in > the machine. (This is confirmed when I restart holding down alt/option to > generate a list of boot disks - this list is empty. I can't hear the disk > spinning up, even with the bottom case off and my ear next > > However, with the very same HD in an external USB enclosure plugged into one > of the TiBook's USB ports, I can use alt/option to choose to boot into > 10·5·8, 10·4·11 or 9·2·2. > > So what can I have done to the TiBook? The obvious candidate is the > connection from HD to motherboard but it seems intact and to be firmly > plugged into the mobo. Is there another bit I could have wrecked? > > In the meantime, I'm happy to boot the TiBook from an external source but not > one so slow as USB1. How could I add the HD or copy its partitions to my > network so that the TiBook can boot from the network? Available kit includes > a 400MHz Pismo running 10·4·11, an XServe G5 running 10·5·8 client*, a > hackintoshed Dell mini 10v running 10·6·7, a 2009 macpro running 10·6·8, a > 1st generation 500Gb timecapsule (I mention this because it has a USB port). > > I don't have any machines with MacOS server, but I could put 10·3 server on > the Xserve. However I don't want to run this constantly - it's bolted to the > side of my desk and is noisy. From what I've read, netbooting requires an > ethernet connection between the boot server and client but if I'm at my desk > (which is where the spare ethernet connections are) I can do OSX stuff on the > MacPro and Dell and can do OS9 stuff on the Pismo without being deafened by > the XServe! > > All advice very welcome! > > Many thanks > > Bruce -- 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
