Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Stephen Conrad
OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present. How do I force he machine to let me take out the bad

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread ThisOldMacSupport
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:11 PM, ronaldo waltg...@magma.ca wrote: Hi... I have a G3 blue Smurf upgraded to a 400 Mhz G4 chip... ran Tiger just fine with 512 MB RAM... even better with 768 MB... But I've been advised by a knowledgeable person (on this very list) that G3s can (sadly!)

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread PM7500
I only had 384 megs on my G4 Digital Audio when I originally installed 10.4 so that can't be what's causing the installer to hang. On Aug 25, 8:47 pm, Mullin9 ddavidmul...@inbox.com wrote: On Aug 25, 2:34 pm, steveoa steve.oak...@phonecoop.coop wrote: Hi, I'm trying to load 10.4 onto my G3

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Clark Martin
Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present. How do I force he machine

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Mac User #330250
Hi! In addition to the advice from Clark you could update the cloned installation with the original installation CD/DVD to make it work again. If the data really is corrupted then installed Applications may be broken too, but again you could reinstall them. Your user data may be partly

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Dan
At 6:55 AM -0500 8/28/2009, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present. How

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread Clark Martin
On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 12:40 -0400, Richard Gerome wrote: Hey everyone, I'm a little confused? The question was: OSX10.4 on a G3 but when I'm reading these emails I keep hearing G4 mentioned too??? With all my knowledge and all the yrs I have been using Apples Tiger can run on a G4

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 12:40 -0400, Richard Gerome wrote: Hey everyone, I'm a little confused? The question was: OSX10.4 on a G3 but when I'm reading these emails I keep hearing G4 mentioned too??? With all my knowledge and all the

Re: What OCR for Leopard?

2009-08-28 Thread billycar_gmailspamcaught
On Aug 28, 12:09 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Not ragging on you, personally, Bill, but lots of people overlook how   much personal information they routinely leak onto the net...and it   can come back to bite 'em in the end. We've had a few pharmacy   students and

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread Dan
At 12:40 PM -0400 8/28/2009, Richard Gerome wrote: I'm a little confused? The question was: OSX10.4 on a G3 but when I'm reading these emails I keep hearing G4 mentioned too? We don't mean to confuse usually. We just tend to stray off subject sometimes. :) With all my knowledge and all the

Re: MacFixIt free on September 2nd

2009-08-28 Thread Dan
At 8:54 AM -0700 8/28/2009, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: As a pay site, MacFixIt was too low quality to be worthwhile in my opinion. Now that it's going to be free, the price seems right in comparison to the quality. Or at last the

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread nestamicky
On 8/28/2009 1:57 PM, Dan wrote: many of us just disable the indexing (easily done with a few commands in Terminal). Would Dan care to show us the commands used to accomplish this? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Replacing power supply G4 MMD

2009-08-28 Thread mkehoe
Thanks for the quick responses from all. My G4 is a 2002 dual 867mHz. The battery was replaced a year ago by someone who was helping me with my computer. I wasn't having any problems, he just thought that after 6 years it was good to replace the battery. But ... maybe I should try replacing the

Re: What OCR for Leopard?

2009-08-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Aug 27, 2009, at 2:00 PM, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: On 27-08-2009 16:24, Bruce Johnson, john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu, wrote: Good, yes, but decidedly TMI. Also redaction need to be 100% to be effective :-) Sorry Bruce, what does TMI stand for in this case? I'll ask because in

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Len Gerstel
Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present. How do I force he machine

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread Bill Connelly
On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:10 PM, nestamicky wrote: On 8/28/2009 1:57 PM, Dan wrote: many of us just disable the indexing (easily done with a few commands in Terminal). Would Dan care to show us the commands used to accomplish this? Not to Usurp ... AFAIK, For each partition indexed: sudo

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Dan
At 9:44 AM -0700 8/28/2009, Clark Martin wrote: What do you mean it REFUSES to boot (little pickets walking around the computer :) )? sigh. I really should keep some paper towels in here. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread steveoa
On Aug 28, 8:13 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:10 PM, Clark Martin wrote: On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 12:40 -0400, Richard Gerome wrote: Hey everyone,     I'm a little confused? The question was: OSX10.4 on a G3 but   when I'm reading these emails

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Bill Connellybillycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to

Re: Help! HD Issues

2009-08-28 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Clark Martincm...@sonic.net wrote: Stephen Conrad wrote: OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying I cloned the HD to another HD I own I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he machine to boot from the new HD However, it REFUSES to

Re: Replacing power supply G4 MMD

2009-08-28 Thread Clark Martin
mkehoe wrote: Thanks for the quick responses from all. My G4 is a 2002 dual 867mHz. The battery was replaced a year ago by someone who was helping me with my computer. I wasn't having any problems, he just thought that after 6 years it was good to replace the battery. But ... maybe I should

Re: OSX10.4 on G3

2009-08-28 Thread Dan
At 4:18 PM -0400 8/28/2009, Bill Connelly wrote: On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:10 PM, nestamicky wrote: On 8/28/2009 1:57 PM, Dan wrote: many of us just disable the indexing (easily done with a few commands in Terminal). Would Dan care to show us the commands used to accomplish this? sudo