On Mar 11, 2012, at 12:34 PM, glen wrote: > 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. > > 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. >
The first thing is the MDD will always look to boot the drive at the end of the cable on the fastest Bus. However I'm pretty sure if you run DiskWarrior on the cloned drive it'll boot.:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- 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
