on 5/30/04 10:45 AM, nathan at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks for all the input so far. Unfortunatly, as Ron pointed out; I don't > have FWB Tools, only what comes with OS 9. Both drives are not apple branded > however, the second Quantum was a back drive in my 8600/300 (ATA/100 PCI IDE > Card). And when I put the drive back into the 8600 it's immediately > recognized. Not only that. But the old Apple branded 1gig I had in my G3 is > no longer recognized..
Nathan, A couple of more thoughts........ There is a hacked version of Apple's Drive Setup floating around the net that some people have had success with on non-Apple drives. I tried it once a while ago with no luck so I went back to FWB. You may want to google for it, I can't find it in my bookmarks. Do you know what's on the drive ? I have seen drives formatted with x86 Unix utilities that had to be put back into the intel machine, reformatted for DOS, and only then it could be formatted to HFS+. More likely your problem is: If your Apple drive was formatted on an ATA card. Try putting it back in the 8600, initialize it there and them move it to the new G3. Or move the ATA card to the G3. I bet it will be recognized with the ATA card. The G3 will be a lot faster with the ATA card also. The IDE bus on beige G3's is pretty slow. It sounds like you may have some problems with your IDE bus in your G3. If you have an ATA card, stick it in the G3 and be done with it. You also have an internal SCSI bus in your beige G3 that is intended for a Zip drive but can be used for SCSI HDD's also. Here's a site every G3 owner should read through: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/index.html Ron -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
