[G4] nonexistent disk icon

[Eric Wood]

Hi everybody!

After listening to MacBreak Tech (a free, very geeky Mac podcast)  
I've come to understand that one need only zap the PRAM once. The  
superstition of doing so more than once came from one particular old  
Mac model that needed it done twice to actually zap the PRAM.  
Whatever that model was, it wasn't a G4. Some old 68k job.

Zapping ye olde PRAM may indeed help, but if not, and making numerous  
smaller partitions doesn't help either, you may want to get a new  
controller in the form of a PCI card. Just be sure it's something  
like ATA 100 or 133 and is Mac-compatible.

As for iLife, I think Ronald is right. Check what kind of drive you  
have (CD or DVD) and make sure you're using a compatible disc.

Eric

Am 29.06.2007 um 22:10 schrieb Ronald Steinke:

> On 29 Jun, 2007, at 6:50 PM, Roxylee wrote:
>
>> Yeh, I need to know the best way to get it to recognize a drive  
>> larger than 128 G, but that's not the main thing I need advice on.  
>> Two other problems:
>>
>> 1) After installing system 10.3.9 onto the new hd, the former hd  
>> icon is also showing up on the desktop and in Disk Utility,  
>> although the disk has been physically removed. Ejecting it makes  
>> it go away, but at restart it reappears. She tried erasing it, no  
>> luck. Is there a way to fix this?
>>
>> 2) She tried to install iLife 05, and the install disks appear to  
>> be empty- just an alias shows up. I opened it on my computer and  
>> it was there.
>
> 1. Reformat the drive into two partitions of less than 128Gb each.  
> The controller will see the individual partitions as individual  
> drives instead of as one drive which is larger than the limit of  
> 128Gb.
>
> 2. I cannot explain why this is happening, it is something I have  
> never seen. But...... have you tried zapping the PRAM by holding  
> down the Command, Option, P and R buttons at startup? If you try  
> this, hold the four buttons down until the machines sounds its  
> chime at least three times. Then, allow it to continue a normal  
> startup and see if the problem still exists.
>
> 3. Are you sure that you are not using a DVD disk? A DVD disk will  
> not appear to have any content if viewed in a CD reader. If I  
> remember correctly, iLife 05 came in a set of two discs, one was a  
> CD and the other was a DVD. Each is labeled with the type of disc.
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