[G4] New Hard Drive

[Daniel Brieck Jr.]

Time and time again, just set the jumper right in the first place,  
don't depend on Cable Select modes.

Get it set up plugged in hardware wise, then format it with Disk  
Utility, then try the Mac os X install.

If it is showing up in the System Profiler then all that needs to be  
done is the formatting with Disk Utility before install mac os x.

Daniel J. Brieck Jr.


On Jan 14, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Tim Collier wrote:

> 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