On 10/7/02 at 1:09 PM -0400, Myrddin Emrys wrote: >Phil A. Lefebvre wrote: > >> I am having problems getting the OS X 10.2 Install CD to recognize my > > reconfigured 8500 w/ G4/450. I recently installed an ACARD ATA/66 > > with a WD 80GB drive. Using > > XPostFacto 2.2.2,he computer boots fine from the 10.2 CD, but hangs >> infinitely on the preparing for installation progress bar window. I >> with both the 80 GB IDE drive or the 18 GB SCSI drive, and neither > > would work. > >I have two questions and a tip: > >1) Are one or both your new hard drives formatted by 10.2? If so, then >reformat them using 9.1. >2) Is the ROM on the ATA 66 card the current version? If you are not >sure then check Sonnet's web page. > >Tip: Disconnect the SCSI drive, 10.2 has a problem recognizing SCSI >drives during the installation process on some machines. I have a 4 >GIG. external SCSI for running disk utilities and such and it caused me >to hang during the installation till I turned it off and rebooted. >Strange thing though, after I had 10.2 installed on one of my drives >connected to an ATA 66 Sonnet card, 10.2 would install on the SCSI >drive if I told XPostFacto I was installing 10.2 on another ATA drive >and picking the SCSI drive from the installer dialog... fun stuff huh?
John, Thanks for your help. the drives were formatted in 9, and the firmware was updated, in that the version number on the ACARD site was 3.2.1, and the sticker on the BIOS chip of my card said v3.2.1. I boot up expecting it to boot from the OS 9 on the IDE drive. I still had the OS X 10.2 CD in the drive, and the 8500 booted fine from it! I installed OS 10.2 on the 20 GB first partition of the WD IDE drive and it runs fine. I guess since the ACARD pretends to be a SCSI card one should expect some SCSI voodoo. I must say that this drive upgrade moved OS X from pretty usable to totally usable on my g4/450 8500. Launching apps and Finder responsiveness is on a par with some of the dual G4 machines I play with at CompUSA. Obviously the machine still lags in heavy multitasking (i.e. it is pretty easy to peg the CPU meter), but overall I am very pleased. I've always said that a significant hard drive upgrade can improve one's old machine as much if not more than a CPU upgrade for everyday usage, but this is one if the more dramatic differences I've seen. With ATA/66 IDE PCI cards for $55 and UltraWide SCSI PCI cards for $29 from OWC, and fast drives selling for a few $/GB, I'd recommend this to anyone in 9 or 10. -- _______________________ Phil Lefebvre Chicago, IL -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
