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]> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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