[G4] New Hard Drive

[Tim Collier]

That's why I like the SATA drives.....no jumpers.....just plug them in and they're ready to go.

Tim 
On Saturday, January 14, 2006, at 10:54AM, Jim Robertson <jamesrob at sonic.net> wrote:

>On 1/12/06 5:20 AM, "BROADWAY33 at aol.com" <BROADWAY33 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Need help installing new Seagate ....Ultra ATA 120 Gig Hard Drive...I
>> installed as master hard drive in my G4 Mirror Door unit, leaving the factory
>> setting 
>> jumper at cable select mode...
>> 
>> The G4 will not recognize the hard drive as a location to install OSX.
>> 
>> It shows up in the list of items when I go to "about this Mac"....it
>> registers as a # 0 drive...whereas my 60 Gig HD with the OSX system installed,
>> registers as # 1 drive
>> 
>> I tried installing ONLY the new drive with the OSX disk (with jumper set at M
>> ASTER mode)to no avail.......are there settings I need to adjust to get this
>> drive to register as a known location to install OSX and use as my primary
>> drive, with the 60 Gig being used as the slave.
>
>I think you have both hardware and software issues. There's no reason not to
>have both drives jumpered as "Cable Select". However, out of the box you
>can't do the OS X installation on the Seagate drive unless you first Erase
>it and install a Mac OS compatible file system on it (open Disk Utility from
>the OS X installer DVD).
>
>Jim Robertson
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