[ThisGuy]

i am trying to get this set up finally. i got it with 2 SCSI drives installed. it boots off of those just fine, but as soon as i add an IDE drive (60GB Quantum Fireball) it will not boot. i get a flashing disk at startup. i tried switching the jumpers on the IDE drive from master to slave, but have had no success. this is my first time working with a PowerMac so extensively and i feel a little overwhelmed. is there something easy that i am missing?

** EDIT **
i was using the Ultra ATA connection next to the IDE connection on the Logic Board and was not having any luck. after i removed the plastic on the front i was able to add the drive in the bay below the CDROM drive. is this OK? or will i run into problems with heat?


i posted the above post in the PowerMac forum, but i figured it might make more sense being here. any help is appreciated.

[jaisun]

That is odd...I'm assuming you're using an OEM Apple/Adaptec SCSI card with the drives...correct? It sounds like it would rather boot from a drive on the ATA bus, but it's curious that it wouldn't look to the SCSI drives next. Is there a firmware update for the SCSI controller?

I don't know if this works on pre-G4s, but have you tried holding the option key as the machine boots up? Doing this will force the machine to look for evey OS installed and allow you to choose the one to boot into. Again, this may only be a G4 thing, but it's worth a try.

The other thing I'd try is: install an OS on the 60Gb drive, let it boot from which ever drive it wants to then use Start Up disk to force it into booting from the drive you want it to. Dunno if it will help, but again, what do you have to lose?

Good luck!

[ThisGuy]

i figured it out. the IDE cable that i was using was bad.