I tried it with both a SCSI CD-reader from a 7200 and with an IDE drive. I would have used the drive from the PowerTower, but upgrading to OS 8 broke compatibility. Could the SCSI CD-reader be too slow, since it's only 2x? The PowerTower's stock drive is faster, but I need to find a driver for it.
-James
IIRC you are using a CD attached to an IDE card and you can start the XPF install, but OS X wont boot from the CD. My original reply was that the boot-up sequence for XPF can not read the CD Rom. The way XPF works is to install a boot program for OS X on the destination HD, then restart using that program to run OS X and the installer from the CD Rom. The part about the HD size is only once you have the OS X installer running you may not be able to select the drive to install to if the first partition is larger then 8GB.
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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