Hi Kyle The partitions are less than 2 Gb, I had read this was necessary.
Cheers, Dave Kyle DePasquale wrote: > What size partitions do you have? IIRC, you can have a maximum of 2GB > per partition on a 68k mac. That could be an issue - maybe break up > the HD into three 2GB partitions, and see if it helps. > > Kyle DePasquale > > On Nov 29, 2004, at 6:57 PM, David Ricker wrote: > > > Hi Guys > > > > I'm having fits trying to get a HD into my Iici to replace the > > internal 80Mb > > Quantum that is having trouble spooling up. > > > > I have a 6Gb LaCie drive from a System 8 Mac that I'm working with and > > having > > plenty of frustration trying to get a system loaded and running. I am > > trying > > 7.5 although I have also tried 7.1 and 7.6 with no more success. I > > have > > tried the LaCie disk tools to set up the HD and now I have tried the > > patched > > Apple HDSC Setup 7.5.3 toolkit & Superbooter but cannot seem to get the > > computer to load a system. The details are below, any suggestions > > please??!! > > > > > > > > Attempt to boot from internal HD, get floppy question mark > > Boot from Floppy with Superbooter on it. > > Machine starts from system on floppy > > Says disk unreadable by Mac do you want to initialize (unpartitioned > > space > > from previous attempt to partition) > > Go Quit & browse machine, sees partitions previously made > > Browse to HDSC Setup 7.5.3 patched & start > > Go Test > > Test Successful > > Initialize Drive - Successful > > Shut down for night > > Re-start from same floppy & accept suggestion to re-initialize > > Fails > > Run Patched Apple Setup 7.5.3 & update HD driver. > > Runs for a long time & locks up > > Cancel out of Program & re-start computer > > Re-run initialize, Runs OK > > Run HD Partition & create partitions <2Gb > > Shut down > > Re-start with OS 7.5 Floppy Disk 1 > > System doesn't find the HD > > Re-start with Disk Tools & it says the disk (actually a partition) is > > unreadable and wants to initialize it. > > Initialize, goes through each of my partitions with this process OK > > Shut down & re-start with Sys 7.5 again > > Accepts to install on one of the partitions > > Hangs up on disk 1 while giving message "Finishing Installation" > > Command-Option-Esc still hung. > > Hardware re-start > > 7.5 Install starts from floppy but on a different partition, doesn't > > see the > > one it previously tried to install on > > Hangs again! > > > > Note, previously got this far & had it barf (not hang) because it > > could not > > write to the disc or something of the like. > > > > > > So, any suggestions? What am I missing? > > > > Thanks > > > > Dave > > > > > > -- > > David A. Ricker > > Fall River, Nova Scotia > > Canada > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- David A. Ricker Fall River, Nova Scotia Canada -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
