On Sep 22, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Stro wrote:
> > > > On Sep 22, 5:56 pm, "Dan A. Currie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Stro wrote: >>> Greetings, >>> I have a beige g3 desktop that I am trying to put a larger hard >>> drive in. I can get the g3 to see the hd when I start up with >>> the os9 >>> cd and it formats. No errors, everything normal. OS 9 will >>> install, >>> but when I try to restart all I get is a blank screen. The startup >>> chime plays, but nothing on the screen. The monitor works when I >>> start up from the cd. Any suggestions. >> >>> Thanks, >>> Lee >> >> Exactly how large is the new drive? You might want to partition it >> and >> make the 1st partition about 10GB and divide the test. Mine has HD, >> Documents, Utilities and Storage. >> >> Dan Currie > > It is a 40gb hd. It has two partitions, one is 7.5gb. > > Lee > --~--~---------~--~----~ 40 GB isn't getting close to any size limitation problems. Did you do the formatting using the OS9 install media? Were the OS9 drivers installed? Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
