Thanks for your reply. Ah, I never said it was an original 5400/6400 CD, it's an off the shelf, over the counter retail copy of OS8.
Can you tell me what ASP is please. I am sure it can be formatted, I just don't appear to have the right tools - problem is I don't know what the right tools are. Thanks again. Derek ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.M.P.Hissel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: Upgrading 5400 IDE hard disk > On 08-12-2003 9:51, Derek Hughes (G7LFC), [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: > > > The only CD I have is an off-the-shelf OS8 disk and it's drive setup only > > detects SCSI drives - it doesn't detect the existing 1Gb Apple IDE drive > > that's already fitted. > > Very strange! Are you sure your "off-the-shelf-OS8-disk" is an original > Apple MacOS 8 Installdisk? If its a copy, its probably badly made. > Why strange? Because: > The original installdisk for the Perf. 5400/6400 came with OS 7.5.3, > initialising every IDE HD I ever tried. > Of all the Macs I have to maintain there are still 18 Perf./PM 5400 160/180 > in use, running OS 7.5.3 or 7.6.1 or 8.1 or 8.6 or 9.1, depending of the > customer's wish. I only use orig. Apple Installdisks, having never any IDE > HD-problem with any OS from 7.5.3 - 9.1. > > > > I am not trying to load anything on an uninitialised drive, I am trying to > > initialise it. > > The only possibilty I see: Your HD is not an OEM-HD or not recognised by > DiskInstaller or DriveSetUp. Check ASP or open your Mac and look for details > on your HD. Heard of, but never saw myself an IDE HD which cannot be > initialised. Let's know! > > > > I wonder if I missing an IDE driver from my boot disk? > > IMHO: Only if you have a bad copy. > > HTH, > > Jo > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
