Many thanks Bruce >> Are you certain this HD is formatted correctly for a PPC Mac? The partition >> scheme MUST be "Apple Partition Scheme" and NOT "GUID Partition Scheme" used >> on Intel Macs, OR "Master Boot Record Partition Scheme" used on PCs. You can >> check the partition scheme in System Profiler>Info. > > The drive boots the Mac when in an external enclosure, so that's not the > issue. My next step would be to stick another known-functioning drive in the > TiBook then booting off the external (you can get a Firewire enclosure and > boot from that to speed up booting) to see if the internal drive does in fact > show up. No Firewire enclosure to hand so going the molasses route... SSD in TiBook, boot from HD in external USB enclosure. HD shows up in Disk Utility, SSD doesn't.
Same result with SSD in external enclosure, HD in TiBook (i.e. boots from external device, internal device doesn't show up in Disk Utility) > My guess is that there's either a subtle break in the cable or the IDE > controller is foo in the TiBook. Before I did the above, I wanted to check if there was a clash between the IDE optical drive and the IDE disk drive, so I disconnected the optical drive from the mobo and put the SSD in the TiBook. No joy, same symptoms. The TiBook had booted from a Leopard installer DVD so I would have guessed the IDE controller is OK. (Or are there two IDE controllers in a 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. > > You know, rereading your inital post leads me to think that it could well be > a foo controller on the motherboard; how did the SSD get corrupted? Don't know - I noticed that the nightly CCC backup from the 10·5·8 partition on the SSD (to an equivalent partition on the HD) was failing. (Other CCC backups of 10·4·11 and 9·2·2 worked OK.) CCC suggested trying DiskUtility to repair the disk but it couldn't - invalid tree length IIRC. Only solution was to nuke and pave the SSD. Then, to avoid a stupidly long reinstall, I CCCed the partitions back from the HD to the to the SSD. Then, IIRC, the failure to notice the internal IDE devices started. (Uni work started getting heavy so I didn't get a chance to investigate until recently.) So I guess I need to hunt for a replacement HD connector ... or is there a way I can test the current one in any of my existing kit? Many thanks (Edinburgh) 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
