I tried the route of upgrading the existing (booted) macOS to HS. No joy. I tried the route of upgrading via a USB flash drive directly to HS. No joy.
Is there another viable approach to take? -Carl > On Nov 14, 2017, at 8:17 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't remember all the details of the earlier postings, but is it possible > that whatever you are doing is falling afoul of HS's strong desire to run a > completely new file system on internal drives? I'm not sure at exactly what > step of the installation or pre-installation process old HFS+ volumes get > converted, but perhaps your process does an end run around it and makes HS > unhappy. > >> On Nov 14, 2017, at 3:58 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> The Seagate HDD I replaced was not the original one that came with the iMac, >> but was the one it had been running fine with for the last few years. So the >> new HDD of the same type should be a plug-in replacement without issues. And >> it seems to be, just as long as I'm running Sierra. >> >> I've started the Apple hardware probe over an hour ago, it's still only 3/4 >> done with the "hardware probe" before testing begins. Looks like I'll have >> to let it run overnight. Hope it's not stuck. >> >> Thx, >> -Carl >> >> >> On Nov 14, 2017, at 11:37 AM, David Schwartz wrote: >> >>> On Nov 14, 2017, 10:51 AM -0800, Carl Hoefs wrote: >>> >>> I’m using a brand new Seagate HDD, replacing the old failed one with the >>> exact same type. >>> >>> >>> The stock spinning magnetic drive shipped in a 27” Mid 2011 iMac14,3 had >>> Apple ROMs, and possibly (but not necessarily) an Apple logo on the label. >>> Did you replace it with an Apple OEM part? >>> >>> >>> You could try running Apple Hardware Test to see if it’s happy: >>> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257 >>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257> >>> >>> You might need to install an OWC In-line Digital Thermal Sensor: >>> https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIDIMACHDD11/ >>> <https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIDIMACHDD11/> >>> >>> >>> >>> David >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >>> <http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >
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