On Apr 14, 2014, at 13:16 , Iamanamma wrote: > I took one out because I thought it was bad. Hard drive set up was not recognizing the hard drive on the ATA bus. I was using > an OS 8.6 install disk to start up so I could re-format it and re-install the OS.
You had two drives, or just one? If two, is it the boot drive that was suspect, or the other one? > Why on earth would OS 9.2 recognize the drive, but not OS 8.6? Newer systems are always being updated to handle improved drive technologies, so it is quite possible that 9.2 would see something that 8.6 didn't. The size of the drives is also important, as every OS version and machine have their own limits. Is the Seagate larger than the Quantum? Is the Seagate larger that 128 GB ? Is it the Seagate that is only being seen by OS 9.2? or the Quantum ? > Could this be a simple as a jumper problem? The old drive I took out was a Quantum Fireball, the new one I put in is a Seagate. Yes, it could be, but if OS 9 is seeing the drive and OS 8 is not, then that is less likely. If you have two drives installed, and one is set to 'master' or 'slave' then the other drive needs to be set to the other setting. If one drive is 'cable select' then so should the other. Manoah F. Adams federaladamsfamily.com/developer -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
