[G4] Initializing a new Hard drive/OSX

[R. Sigismonti]

I just did the same thing, but I simply used the Disk Utility in OS X 
to "erase" the HD.  It became instantly recognizable & I cloned my 
backup drive with Carbon Copy Cloner.  I should imagine you could use 
the same utility from the OS X CD.

Sig



On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 11:50  PM, Bill Metcalfe wrote:

> G4 AGP 1064 MG
> I purchased a new interior hard drive, Hitachi, for the G4, because I 
> want to experiment with OSX 10.2. I am having problems with the OS 9.2 
> System on the Hard drive that came with the computer. I can see the 
> disk when I open Disk Set-up, but it will not let me initialize it. I 
> thought I could initialize the new Hard drive with the OSX 10.2 
> Installation disk, but cannot find a way to do it. The old hard drive 
> is set as master, 0, and the new as slave, 1. The jumpers were 
> adjusted to match Illustrations for master and slave. From my library, 
> I checked out 4 books on OS X and can find no aid in any of them.
>
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