Known issue with Beige G3s and earlier. If you have an IDE drive you MUST install OSX completely within the first 8GB of the drive. The only exception is when you have an ACARD ATA/66 or Sonnet Tempo ATA/66. Those cards show attached devices as SCSI so the 8GB limit doesn't apply.
-Robyn On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 09:55 AM, Otis Maxwell wrote: > I had a similar problem with the 18 mb hitachi drive in my Wallstreet. > (I > believe the error message refers to the first 8 MB, not GB.) In any > case I > reformatted the drive and the error message did not go away even > though the > drive was now empty. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
