[CUBE] New HDD problems

[Allan Hise]

I just installed a 120 GB Segate drive in my cube.  I set it to master. I
had to format it with Disk Utility (look in the Apple menu after booting
the OS X installer CD) before the installer would cooperate.

Does the old HD work OK after swapping it back in place? Perhaps you
accidentally pulled the other end of the cable loose when working inside
the cube. Of course, if you can boot off of CD, that isn't likely.

Allan

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Jim Norman wrote:

> I've got a 120Gb Western Digital Caviar HDD to put into my Cube; I've
> tried different jumper settings (master, master with slave, and cable
> select) to no avail - When I boot from the System install CD (I've
> tried it with both System 9.2.2 and 10.2) the Installer cannot find a
> volume to install to.  This is just like the old days when Apple Drive
> Setup had to be hacked to recognise non-Apple branded SCSI disks!
>
> I've tried the HDD in a PC (yes, I have a foot in the Dark Side camp
> too) and it is recognised so the disk does not seem to be faulty.
>
> What am I missing?  Should the HDD be set to slave???
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Jim
>
>
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