On Jul 20, 12:24 pm, dc <dbc...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Put the 80GB drive in the external case, connect it to a working G4, > and reformat the hard drive as Mac OS extended; pay attention to all > the settings and options. After the drive is reformatted use Carbon > Copy Cloner to copy the working G4 system onto the 80 GB drive. CCC > will let you know that the cloned drive is bootable. You might want to > try your 20 GB drive in the external case, just on the chance that all > was not lost. Good luck.
The 20 GB drive doesn't work in the external case. It spins up, clicks a few times, and then doesn't mount. I was able to finally complete a disk permissions repair on the 80 GB drive this morning, and I did get the computer to boot off of that drive, although there were a few permissions-errors warning messages after the desktop loaded. I'll continue working on it tonight. I did save off the current contents of the 80 GB drive as a DMG onto another external drive, so if I need to reformat that drive and re- install the OS, that is always a (painful) option. If I did that, would I lose my OS 9 bootable install? I'd need to first re-install OS 9 and then re-install OS X, correct -- otherwise I'd only have Classic mode? Thanks! -Jim G --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
