Ryan-I do have the adapter. The hard drive itself works fine in both machines, with the adapter in the Beige G3 and without in the laptop. The system is correctly installed (the drive begins to boot, I get the happy mac for a moment), it's just that the machine says it's the wrong startup disk.
Thanks, --Shannon -----Original Message----- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ryan Stewart Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:36 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Wallstreet Saga > I am in need of spiritual counseling about my Wallstreet 266. Or advice, > anyway. Here's the scoop. I purchased it cheap from a government auction > source, thinking I might return from the Windows Wayward Way, though right > now my Thinkpad/Windows 2000 is my trusty sidekick. But I have this nice > Wallstreet laptop, and it had no hard drive AND NO CD-ROM or FLOPPY (2 > batteries instead), so I put a 1.3gig hd I had lying around in a Beige G3 > tower, installed OS 8.1 on THAT machine, then transferred that hd to the > laptop, and it said "Wrong Startup Disk". Then I found out you needed a I have trouble believing that you simply transferred a HD from a Beige G3 to your Wallstreet! they are totally different connectors. There are adaptors out there, but it doesn't sound like you have one. You need a 2.5 inch hard drive for your wallstreeet, not a bigger desktop drive. Ryan -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
