This seems to have been part of the problem. I attached a four gig IDE drive to the ATA card and gave it another try. With both the SCSI CD reader and an IDE CD-reader, I got the same result. I tried it while holding down command-v and got this:

        Opening partition [pci1/ACARD,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/@2:6]...
HFSInitPartition: ff8d7240
Loading HFS+ File: [\private\tmp\mach_kernel] from ff8d7240.
FailToBoot: 2
ENTER called
Open Firmware, 1.0.5
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>

When I type "boot" at the prompt, I get
0 > boot MAC-PARTS: LOAD (noninterposed) not supported
 ok

Any ideas?

-James

Also, if you might have to partition your HD with a partition slightly smaller than 8 Gig for OS X to be installed. This is a limit in the installer due to a firmware bug in the Apple beige G3s where they can not boot from an IDE partition greater than 8 Gig. The installer thinks XPF machines with IDE cards have the problem (they don't) and wont do the install. If OS X thinks your HD is a SCSI drive, you don't have the problem, but if it reads past the firmware you will. I don't know if it does with the SIIG IDE card. This issue would not affect the boot up sequence, you will hit it in the installer itself.
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