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G3 233 not booting from new 7200rpm hard drive
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<blockquote data-quote="immdb" data-source="post: 18429" data-attributes="member: 1238"><p>Straight from the "Apple's" mouth…</p><p></p><p>Certain Macintosh computers that originally had a hard drive smaller than 8 GB and have subsequently been upgraded with a hard drive larger than 8 GB. The list includes:</p><p>iMac 233 MHz</p><p>iMac 266 MHz</p><p>iMac 333 MHz</p><p>Power Macintosh G3 Desktop </p><p>Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower </p><p>Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One </p><p>PowerBook G3 Series</p><p></p><p> Solution</p><p> </p><p>1. Back up all data. </p><p> 2. Start up from your Mac OS installation or restore disc.</p><p> 3. Use Drive Setup (Mac OS 8 or 9) or Disk Utility (Mac OS X) to partition the drive; make the first partition smaller than 8 GB.</p><p> 4. Install the Mac OS in the first drive partition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="immdb, post: 18429, member: 1238"] Straight from the "Apple's" mouth… Certain Macintosh computers that originally had a hard drive smaller than 8 GB and have subsequently been upgraded with a hard drive larger than 8 GB. The list includes: iMac 233 MHz iMac 266 MHz iMac 333 MHz Power Macintosh G3 Desktop Power Macintosh G3 Mini Tower Power Macintosh G3 All-In-One PowerBook G3 Series Solution 1. Back up all data. 2. Start up from your Mac OS installation or restore disc. 3. Use Drive Setup (Mac OS 8 or 9) or Disk Utility (Mac OS X) to partition the drive; make the first partition smaller than 8 GB. 4. Install the Mac OS in the first drive partition. [/QUOTE]
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