OSX installed on the 16 GB IBM scsi drive ... it just won't boot from it. The installation went fine as far as I could tell. It installed and automatically reboot to the circle with a diagonal slash ... and that's as far as it will go.
I noticed the same problem when I disconnected the 16G HD but had left the OSX install CD in the drive. It tried to boot from the CD and gave the same problem. So, it appears that it isn't recognizing the XPF hack when it tries to boot from the drive. Larry --- Gerald Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From current XPF instructions: > > # There is an 8 GB limit that applies when installing Mac OS X on an > ATA drive on an "Old World" machine. The issue is that the firmware > drivers for the built-in ATA bus on Old World machines will not > access past the 8 GB mark. This means that Mac OS X must be installed > on the first partition, and that partition must be less than 8 GB in > size. The Mac OS X Installer knows about this, and will refuse to > install if it detects the problem. Unfortunately, the Mac OS X > Installer also refuses to install on ATA drives connected to PCI > cards on Old World machines, even though that would actually work. > Complicating this further is that some ATA cards "pretend" to be SCSI > cards in Mac OS X, while others do not. I have a few ideas about how > to work around some of these issues, but have not implemented that yet. > > and > > # Volumes partitioned in Mac OS X are not bootable on older machines > -- the utilities that work are Apple's Drive Setup (in Mac OS 9.x) > and Intech's Hard Disk SpeedTools. > > ... but I don't think those would apply to your situation. > > Still, if you reformat the drive under OS 9 you should be able to > eliminate that factor. > > GWW > > On 11 May 2005, at 18:59, Larry wrote: > > > I didn't partition the the 16G drive for the simple reason that I have > > another HD to boot off if needed. > > > > I thought partitioning the drive was optional. But I can go back > > and use my > > OS 9 utilities to partition it and try it again. > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > --- Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> I can get the 16GB IBM drive to boot to OS 9.2 but I still can't > >>> get it > >>> to boot to the OSX. > >>> > >> > >> Can you answer two questions? > >> > >> 1. How many partitions on the 16G drive? > >> 2. Did you partition the drive with OS 9 or OS X? > >> > >> If the answer to the first is "1" or the answer to the second is > >> "OS X" > >> then you have probably identified the problem right there. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Mail > > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: > > http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html > > > > > > -- > > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/ > > unsupported.html> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx% > > 40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > iPod Accessories for Less > > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > > www.1800ipod.com > > > > > > -- > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
