Spec's: 2003 MDD dual G4 -1.25 Mhz 2 MB RAM ATI 9000 Pro Boot ROM 4.4.8f2 This MDD was newly acquired without a HD. I installed a a spare Western Digital (WDC W0800BB) 80 GB drive with OS 10.4.11 for testing purposes -- no problems with that drive, it boots fine. Then added a second 250 GB Seagate (ST3250620A) freshly erased with 2 empty journaled HFS+ partitions called Drive1 (80 GB) and Drive 2 (152 GB)
Using the WD 80 GB drive as the boot drive I cloned the data and system (OS 10.4.11) from a backup of a QuickSilver drive to the empty Seagate partition called Drive 1. This will become the main startup drive for the MDD if I can get it to work. Problem: The cloned QuickSilver drive will not completely boot. The grey screen with the apple logo appears, the gear like wheel rotates for 20-30 seconds and the screen goes to a blank blue screen; mouse and keyboard have no input. What I have done to no avail: Tried jumpers set to CS and set to Master/Slave Tried a second clone using CCC. The first clone was made with SuperDuper! Tried to boot the clone from the external FireWire backup Booted in verbose mode Ran 10.4.11 combo update on Drive 1 Installed new PRAM battery Removed all PCI cards Removed the both hard drives from the MDD and installed the actual 40 GB Seagate drive from the QuickSilver Same blank blue screen on all accounts However, a fresh 10.4.11 install from the install DVD to the empty Drive 2 partition boots OK; that should eliminate problems with the MDD ATA/IDE controller or 250 GB Seagate drive. Why won't the MDD boot from the QuickSilver clone, or from Drive 1 or from the actual QuickSilver hard drive? Help, I'm running out of ideas --glen BTW the WD 80 GB drive that does boot OK was pulled from a Sawtooth a few months ago. -- 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
