Joseph C. Sis, JR. wrote: > I am running into minor difficulties putting a PC (IBM/COMPAQ) ide drive > into my PowerBook 5300. > > Are there any special conditions that apply? Such as jumpers? It is > factory set to Master now, but there is the ability to jumper it to Slave, > Cable selection, and Reserved Master. None of which seem to work as well as > master.
Master is the correct setting. > I am getting several odd clicks, beeps, and crashes. Apples Drive Setup > 1.7.3 is what I have used to initialize it, but even with that there is a > 5mb portion that is "Locked" and cannot be initialized. Now that it has > been initialized when I boot up the Mac wants to initialize that 5mb disk, > but cannot because it it locked. What you need to do is reformat the drive, but do a custom setup on it, whcih will allow you to delete that odd locked partition. (which is likely a 'quickstart' partition used by the old PC it was in; these partitions let you save the memory state of the computer and quickly restart rather than rebooting, much like Virtual PC does.) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
