Karl Sherman wrote: > > I just swapped out the 4 gig drive in my Rev B with a 40 gig > Seagate. > > Everything seemed to go smooth. Initialized and loaded 9.1, > no problem. > > Rebooted, big problem. It flashes the folder with a quesiton > mark. Cant find > > the system disk until I load the CD back in and it loads off > of it (the CD). > > I tried reloading 9.1, Loading 8.5, then running the > origional system > > restore disk with the same outcome. Anybody run into this > before? Any > > suggestions greatly appreciated.
And I forgot who replied: > You, my friend, have run into the famous early G3 first 8 > gigabytes problem. > Early G3's (including early iMacs -- like my Rev. B) will not > recognize a > system unless it is in the first 8 gigs of a hard disk. You > *MUST* > repartition to have at least two partitions, the first being 8 > gigs or > under, and install the system on that partition. > > Then your flashing question mark will go away. And then I added: I'm working on my Rev. A for the problem. Partitioning did not work for the hard drive I ordered. It was a 60 gb. I found some information on the vendors website that said that some of the older Macs could not support anything larger than a 30gb in their BIOS. I partitioned and still no start up. The hard drive worked just fine in the G4 with and without the partition. So I reordered my second hard drive with just 20gb. I will partition off the first 8 as before..... and we shall see what happens then. ===== Sheri Figueroa mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------- "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." --John Lennon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Mac OS SW, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
