I think I remember that it was mentioned somewhere that first generation B&Ws had a problem seeing 2 drives.
Hit the Apple knowledge DB for sure. Cheers, Paul -- Paul S [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Nathalie Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 15:00:39 +0800 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: GMUG - IDE Hard Drive Upgrade > > Hi > > I am trying to upgrade Nathalie's B&W G3 with a second slave drive (Western > Digital 30GB, 5400rpm). She currently has a 6GB master drive (Maxtor). > > Despite all efforts I cannot get the machine to recognise either drive when > both are hooked into the IDE cable. However when the 30GB hard drive is > taken off the IDE cable the machine starts without a problem. > > The 30GB drive has come out of my PC. I have been to the Western Digital > web site and it says that these drives should work with Macs (as a slave > drive) and as a master drive (when installed by Apple at the factory). > > The drive currently has a Windows and a Linux partition on it (but I don't > see why this should matter). I just want to be able to recognise the drive > and then format it. > > I set the drive up as slave and then switched to cable-select. The same > thing happens. > > Is 30GB too much for the B&W G3's. That is about the only thing I can think > of? > > Regards > > > Simon > > > Got a Question? Try searching the WAMUG list archives first at > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wamug/messages/> > > To unsubscribe from the WAMUG e-mail list, send e-mail from this account to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
