Ron Stuart wrote: > I am trying to instal a second hard drive in my Beige G3 DT (576 mb > memeory) and having problems getting it recognized. Did once but not > again. There is a spare cable coming from the CD and this is what I am > using. First of all is this possible. Secondly, there are 10 pins in the > back, do some of these have to be connected together? I have two > connectors to use. Does anyone know the pattern to make this drive a slave?
Look on the case of the drive, somewhere there is a small diagram showing how to set up the drive as Slave, Master or Cable Select. Usually the appropriate spaces on the pins are labeled 'S', 'M' and 'C'. You may have to put a jumper ont he CD as well, since unjumpered drive will work as the master only if it's the only drive on the bus. Set one to master the other to slave. NOte, you need a Rev B or C ROM in your G3 for it to properly handle slave drives. > Also, which is better, a) to put OSX on it's own drive and everything > else on another, or can you put OSX on a drive with all your other stuff > (programs etc.) and system 9 on it's own drive? As installed, all your stuff and programs go o the same drive as the system, though moving your user directories to another partition or drive is easily doable. Many people recommend putting OSX and Classic on different partitions, but Apple doesn't and it seems to work fine. It's kind of a toss-up, and I don't think there are a lot of data either way. That said you're likely to get better performance if you install OSX on a freshly formatted drive, so install that first. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
