Thanks Allen, Question - does your OSX installation see your ZIP drive? If the setup is similar to mine, the ZIP is a scsi and an affirmative answer would suggest you have a termination or cabling problem. The advantage, from my perspective, of a scsi installation is that I can physically insert another scsi drive into the case and, if it doesn't work, I can pull it out.
Also, since I'm on a mini-tower, I think that buys me some latitude. Unlike the desktop model, the mini-tower offered a scsi HD as an option and my hunch is that that required some added built-in capability. Of course, I could be wrong. For me to reconfigure the existing ATA drive to meet the criteria - especially the <8 gig first partition - would take days of my time ... be enough hassle that I'd probably be better off just getting another machine for OSX stuff. I have a rev1 G3, so I can't piggyback another ATA drive ... although it would be interesting to know if I could connect via the current CD connection. If I can do that, then I could get the new ATA formatted with the proper partitions, let the file transfers go overnight, replace the current drive with the new one, and do the installation on a relatively conventional setup. If no-one knows about that, I may just do a quick switch and see if it works. :) Bill Holt | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
