Nelson, I had wanted to upgrade a G3 that I had given away to the Tiger O.S., the old machine did not have a DVD drive, so I was instructed to start using the Target method, it would not work, I called MacTown and they told me that the G3's could not be used in Target mode, I imagine it would be the same with an iMac as it would a tower.
John R. On Feb 7, 2006, at 9:20 AM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > Nelson, > > Thanks for the offer, but unfortunately there is no SCSI port on > the iMac, so I don't think that would work. > > Does anyone know if there is a way to use "Target" mode, or > something equivalent to it, on a G3 iMac -- using the Ethernet > port as the connector rather than Firewire? Or is that strictly a > Firewire thing? > > The suggestion that I remove the hard drive and connect it to > another computer is a possibility, but I'm trying to keep from > having to take this thing apart. > > Dan > >> You may use my SCSI <--> Firewire converter if you wish. Say the >> word and I'll deliver to your home. >> >> At 3:03 PM -0500 2/6/06, Dan Crutcher wrote: >>> Here's an interesting little puzzle for a MacGeek: >>> >>> I have an iMac G3 (tray-load), running 10.3.9, with a badly >>> munged hard drive. At boot it displays the gray screen with the >>> Apple and hangs. Doesn't even get to the spinning sprocket. >>> >>> Booting from CD(s): >>> >>> Disk Utility goes looking for drives and never gets out of that >>> mode. First Aid (System 9.2), gets to "Checking Volume Extents" >>> and gives up. Norton Utilities (v5, System 8.6), won't boot all >>> the way up. Data Recovery X and Disk Warrior 3.0.3 won't boot at >>> all (the CD drive on this iMac is a bit flaky and will only read >>> certain disks). >>> >>> The _only_ utility that successfully finds anything is an old >>> version of TechTool (3.0.5), which boots into System 9 and can >>> find some files on this disk that I would like to recover. >>> >>> Problem is, that requires a disk to write the files to. I have >>> external Firewire drives, but this version of the iMac has no >>> firewire ports. I have connected an Ethernet cable to the iMac >>> and tried to access a server on the network, but every computer >>> on the network I choose ((remember, I'm using Chooser in System >>> 9.2; Chooser does at least find all of the available computers >>> that have file-sharing turned on) gives a message of "server >>> unexpectedly disconnected" after I enter the username and >>> password in the connection dialog. >>> >>> I can directly connect my Powerbook and this iMac via an Ethernet >>> cable, but I can't get Chooser to find my Powerbook, even if I >>> turn file-sharing on on the Powerbook. >>> >>> How can I get this iMac to recognize a network volume -- or some >>> other writable device that I could attach to it-- so I can >>> recover these files? >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 28 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
