---------- Reply to following message ---------- Subject: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu Date: Saturday, 12 April 2014 From: Xion Dracari To: [email protected]
Hello! > i replaced my old Snow white iMac G3's 40GB hdd w/ a 80GB IDE Drive i had > in an old IBM Server, So this drive uses most likely a different partitioning scheme i.e. partition table. Apple from the Power Mac era use APM, Apple Partition Map. PCs and other x86 architectures of that era used MBR, Master Boot Record. Some IBM servers are PowerPC based thou, so chances are it uses a different partition map. > what i remember when preparing the drive boot the iMac w/ Disc one of OSX's > CDvers set (this iMac doesnt have a DVD Drive) select the Drive itself and > under Erase set it to Volume Format: MacOS Extended (Journaled) > then under the untitled partition i can partition it off 1 small one for > OS9 dualboot.(yes i had it install the OS 9 Disk Driver.) and the rest for > OS X Tiger and i've replaced the HDD before in my DVi+ G3 iMac and had done > it that way w/o issue That sounds good so far. Make sure you select APM as partition map when repartitioning, otherwise the current partition map will be used. > however w/ this iMac under the partition Scheme, only see MS-DOS for > partition Type. any idea whats going on? the Drive's a 80GB Western Digital > branded HDD. The explanation might be that the drive is still partitioned with a Master Boot Record. http://macs.about.com/od/usingyourmac/qt/partition-types.htm I hope that helps, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
