maybe i missed that.....i dunno but i don't remember seeing that option in disk utility. --- Sims David <dmsims at mindspring.com> wrote: > On Sep 5, 2006, at 3:00 PM, c m wrote: > > i recently got a hold of a B/W G3...unfortunately > the > > previous owner took the internal hard drive with > him. > > i got a hold of another HD (80Gb) and i am trying > to > > install OS X 10.4. > > > > the problem is the hard drive does not show up on > the > > list to install the OS. System profiler shows the > HD > > though. what am i doing wrong? > > > Hello, > When you boot using the OS install disk, open the > disk utility from > one of the pull down menus and initialize the disk. > Then you should > be able to install the OS on it. > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > G4 mailing list > G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com