[jds3451]

Okay. So I'm upgrading a friends original iMac. rev A or B. Took it apart, added RAM and a new 40GB Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm 8.9ms 2MB Cache UltraDMA 100. from OWC. I backed up the old 4GB drive and was planning just to install OS X 10.3 It boots up from the Panther install CD. I partition it to an 8GB partition and a 30GB partiotion (the rest is taken up for initialization, I guess).

I walk thru the installer, but it says I can't install on either partition. So I break out the OS 9 CD. It installs on the 8GB partition, but when I restart, it can't find the system folder. What gives?

I of course am trying to not reopen the darn thing, but could this be a jumper issue or a master/slave issue? I didn't think this mattered on a 1 drive system. I did not physically do anything to the new drive, but install it. I didn't even check to see if it even had jumbers or settings. Working a bit too fast just to get it done I guess.

Anyway, any suggestions would help.

Thanks.

[deboerjo]

I've run into this before, make it 7GB or 7.5GB and it works. The problem is you're just a hair over the 8GB limit, which in actuality is just a few kb less than 8GB.

[jds3451]

Thanks for the response. As far as I can tell, it was actually the combination of the jumper and the partition size.

I readjusted the partition size and OS X installed fine, however, it still couldn't find a system folder to boot. So I took it apart and placed the jumber in a similar position to the old drive, and viola, it started up with the grey apple.

Case closed...for now.