I believe you can upgrade the disk drivers to the ones that come with 8.6 or 9.04. They will recognize the non-Apple hardware and let you run OS 8.1. In fact, I think this is preferred to fix some instabilities with the IDE drivers before OS 8.6.
Or I could be wrong... Andrew Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 4/1/02 2:20:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << I had an external HD that was running OS 8.0. > Since the rest of my disks were HFS+, it wouldn't > show their contents. So...I attempted to upgrade > it to 8.1. During the upgrade process, I got a > message that the disk driver could not be > upgraded because it "was not an Apple Hard Disk." > I went ahead and did the upgrade and, as I should > have expected, the disk loads to the point where > its icon appears on the desktop, then freezes. > What to do? >> > > You need to update the drivers with FWB Hardisk Toolkit or something similar. > Since it is a non-apple HD, "Drive Set-up" will not recognize it. > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Processors, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
