[iBook] firmware and clicking

[bluekatt]

are  you sure the  80  gig hd is  actually compatible   with the  dual usb
ibook  ?
i  heard they only  take  60  gig   but i  could be wrong

partition the  first  8  gig  of the  hd is  rubbish that only applies  to
beige G3 desktops  tray loading imacs  and  clamshell ibooks  have that
issue
an dual usb ibook  supports  big  os X hd's

however  you need  to  format  (  something else then partition  )  the hd
for  mac os  to  see it
its most likley  in  fat   or  not formatted at  all   and  no  operating
system can  see  an unformatted  hard drive
partition the disk  to make it  see it as one whole  and then format  it
under  the os  X  installation  options


i dont think you need a firmware  update  though i am  running the same
ibook as  you  do  (  grey and  white   from  2001  500 mhz  )  and it
runs  os X  tiger


all  you need to  hopefully  do is  format  your hd
and i hope its just  that  simple
but it never is in these instances  ...ahem


On 5/9/06, Harriet Heithaus <scribe at infionline.net> wrote:
>
> I have -- amazingly -- installed a new 80 gig Toshiba hard drive in a
> 2001iBook G3 (silver and white model) and am trying to clean-install
> OS10 1.2, for which it has the disk, on it.  When I start up the
> computer I hear a clicking sound for  a bit, which eventually stops.
> All clicks worry me, however, so if anyone's familiar with that, I'd
> appreciate reactions.
>
> First: I get as far as selecting the destination for the disk, but my
> drive doesn't show up. I gathered I should partition them before I
> installed it, so I made one small 357 mgb partition just to say I did
> it, and left the rest on the second partition. Now I'm hearing I have
> to have the partition for the disk on the first 8 gigs of the hard
> drive. I have no clue as to how to find the first 8 gigs, and if my
> little 357,000 mgb partition is part of that, have I wrecked my chances
> of reinstalling it?
>
> Second, I've read about needing my firmware updated, but any
> information I've read about it is way above my head. I'm afraid to do
> something wrong that will permanently ruin my chances of installing
> OS10 and getting this thing up and running. Is there any resource
> explaining firmware and how to update it for novices?
>
> If I ever get done fixing this up, I think I'll be able to build these
> things!
>
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