Your machine is way OT man. But what the heck...
There is an issue with the IDE controler in the logic board. The OS must appear within the first 8G. The safest way to accomplish this is to partition the drive so the first partion is 8G or under. I've heard a few people mention that they needed to get the first partition down to 7.9 or so for success. My trusty Bondi Blue 233 is partitioned 5G-OSX/3G-OS9/20G-storage, works like a little champ. Other than that, it's pretty tight inside the older iMacs, I would assume you were careful with all the stuff, set the drive to Master etc. Scott --- Mike Kauspedas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I replaced a hard drive in an iMac G3 233MHz and loaded OS 8.5 and it > will > not boot off of the hard drive. the new hard drive is a Maxtor ATA > 133 20GB. > I also tried a Seagate 40GB hard drive with same results. I tried > upgrading > the firmware also to no avail. I can't figure out why it won't boot > off of > these hard drives. They are all IDE. Can someone give me some ideas? > Thank > you. > > Mike Kauspedas __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- 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
