I took the 2gb stock Apple-branded Quantum drive out of my 5500/250 and replaced it with a 10gb 7200rpm Quantum that I had used before on a PC. When I started up from the Mac OS 8.5 cd it asked if I wanted to initialize the disk and I said yes. Then when I opened up Drive Setup it said something about a disk driver but that it could still initialize the drive, I chose to do a low level format.
It's been over 1.5 hours and it's still doing that. Should I reboot the computer and do a normal format? Or will it then force me to do a low level? And this is the only way to get a drive with the proper drivers to work with a mac? Also what exactly are these "drivers" is it sort of like the boot sector on a windows pc? -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
