> When I try to install on the internal drive using XPostFacto, it > stalls out part way through. Usually stops at mach_kernal, once or > twice it made it to Adaptec 78xxSCSI, and once it went as far as > IOUSBMassStorageClass. Then it sits there. I've left it like that > for up to an hour, just to see what would happen. Nothing.
Same exact thing happened with my first install using my internal Pioneer 32x CDROM. The Pioneer is supposed to be Mac bootable, and is usually, but it wouldn't work for the OS X installation. I switched to an older SCSI external drive (Yamaha CDR400t), and was amazed that the install worked like a charm on that old 4x8 burner. I'm not ruling out SCSI termination issues with my internal SCSI bus, but it may be more likely that the OS X install CD just liked the Yamaha better than the Pioneer. Who knows? > That may be a SCSI termination thing - I'll have to see what I can > figure out about that. Is there a tool out there that checks your > scsi bus for termination? SCSI probe 5.1.1 doesn't say anything is > wrong. Not that I've seen. > And just to be clear on this SCSI chain termination, is it correct > that the only device that should be terminated is the one that's > physically (as opposed to numerically) at the end of the SCSI chain? Yes, each SCSI bus (there's 3 on an S900) is independent, and the last device on each bus should have the self-termination jumper in place. It's a pain in the butt to double-check the internal drives, particularly when many of the bays are filled with drives. One really has to remove them to check the pin configuration, although a Zip drive and many CD drives can often be done from inside the S900 case. Although proper termination was always important, it's never been as big a deal under OS 9. You could sometimes get away with mixed up termination before an OS X installation became the goal. > Ok, so assuming that my internal SCSI chain was a problem, I tried on > an external drive. Same problem. Have you had a chance to try a true Apple CDROM drive? If it failed on an Apple CD drive, and if that drive was the only device on the external bus, and if it was terminated, I'd have to think that the problem was elsewhere. Likely the internal bus. > So I used another machine (a beige G3) to install OSX on the external > (no problems), moved it back to theS900, and tried using XPostFacto > to boot off of it. > Black screen. > This could likely be my video card, a Vision 3D made by ForMac.com > (who basically said, "we don't know if it'll work or not"). Is there > a list somewhere of video cards that DO work? I'll be going by the > local Goodwill computer store on Tuesday, so I can search the bins. The first boot into OS X, after a successful install, must be made on a supported video card. Only after that first boot should you try and replace the supported card with a different card. Look for a cheap TwinTurbo Mac card (originally in the S900), even the 4mb one is fine. Apple also supplied the same card with their own ROM's on it in many older Macs too. I won't pretend to know all of the cards that are supported, but I think they are few. I hope Will S. will chime in on that issue. -Howie -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
