replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

2014-04-12 Thread Xion Dracari
i replaced my old Snow white iMac G3's 40GB hdd w/ a 80GB IDE Drive i had in an old IBM Server, what i remember when preparing the drive boot the iMac w/ Disc one of OSX's CDvers set (this iMac doesnt have a DVD Drive) select the Drive itself and under Erase set it to Volume Format: MacOS

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

2014-04-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 12, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Xion Dracari xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: however w/ this iMac under the partition Scheme, only see MS-DOS for partition Type. any idea whats going on? the Drive's a 80GB Western Digital branded HDD. Your problem is that you haven't reformatted the HD to Apple

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

2014-04-12 Thread Thomas Fritsch
ok this is weird ... the install breaks the moment it needs CD 2. (it says There were errors durring install try again later) On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Apr 12, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Xion Dracari xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: however w/ this iMac

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

2014-04-12 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Reply to following message -- Subject: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu Date:Saturday, 12 April 2014 From:Xion Dracari To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Hello! i replaced my old Snow white iMac G3's 40GB hdd w/ a 80GB IDE Drive i had

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

2014-04-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 12, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Thomas Fritsch xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: ok this is weird ... the install breaks the moment it needs CD 2. On an OS X Tiger 10.4 installation, nothing is required beyond CD 1 if you deselect every possible Optional installation during the setup, and only check

Re: replacement HDD only gets MS-DOS Options in partition menu

2014-04-12 Thread Thomas Fritsch
reformatted the HDD again cleaned off my disc and it installed properly , Now to connect it to the net and grab all the updates ! thanks for the help. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Apr 12, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Thomas Fritsch xiondrac...@gmail.com wrote: