[G4] Power Mac G4 Hard Drive installation info request

[Ronald Steinke]

On 6 Oct, 07, at 1:48 PM, cecilhal at netzero.net wrote:

> What are the proceedure to install the Mac operating system on this  
> new drive?

If indeed you have the Tiger version of OS-X, it needs a DVD drive in  
the machine in order to read the disc. If you don't have a DVD drive  
installed, you can use an external DVD drive case.

Also, your drive is an ultra-wide SCSI drive that requires a specific  
adapter PCI card and ribbon to connect it to the motherboard. Without  
that adapter card and ribbon installed in your G4, it won't work for  
you.

Be sure that you have at least 256Mb RAM installed.

If you have met those requirements, follow these steps:

First, install the new hard drive on the mounting tray nearest to the  
IDE ribbon connection socket to the motherboard. Then, attach the  
Ultra-wide SCSI ribbon and the power cord to the drive.

Now, close the case and start the computer. As soon as you can, open  
the CD tray by pressing the button on the front cover. Insert your  
installation disc and allow it to start your G4.

The disc will appear on the screen and automatically open. Click on  
the menu bar to find the access to launch the Disk Utility program.  
Use this program to initialize the new drive and then quit the  
program. Return to the installer program.

Click on the Installer icon to start the installation procedure. As  
each window opens during the procedure, click on the buttons visible  
in the window and read everything and decide which answer you want as  
your personal setting. Continue clicking on the "Continue" button  
until the installation procedure indicates that it is doing the OS  
installation.

Allow it to do its thing and wait for the instruction to do a  
restart. Click on restart and eject the disc when the restart is  
complete.

You now have OS-X installed.

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