Randy B.Singer said: >It's that your B&W G3 can't boot from a FireWire hard drive. > >http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58606 While we are discussing your new Rev 1 Blue & White G3, this might be a good time to point out that it isn't a good idea to put a second internal hard drive into it. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/IDE/ <http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/action.lasso?-database=faq.fp3&-layout=FaqLi st&-response=answer.faq.lasso&-recordID=33146&-search> Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html