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Can't Install 9 or X on New Hard Drive
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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I have a Bondi Blue imac, trying to install OS 9.2 on new WDSE120gig hardrive. I initialized the drive and installed the OS.
After the install it will not boot up from the hardrive. Get a blinking folder. I have designated the drive as the start up disc but that didn't seem to help. Also I tried to install OS X but the drive isn't recognized as a viable volume because of a message saying "cannot find the first 8gigs on the drive". The drive appears greyed out.
The new hardrive shows up as having 111.5 gigs available space.
Do I have to "Bless" the system folder in OS 9 and how do I do that, and what might be preventing my install of OS X?
How can I tell if my hardrive is functioning properly? Could I have a bad hardrive?
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Bondi iMacs will only look on the first 8 GB of the drive for an OS. You have to have at least two partitions, one 8 GB or less with the OS and then the rest.
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The last poster got it right. Basically, start a clean installation on your WD HDD and partition it as he suggested. Make one partition at 8GB or smaller. OSX is usually close to 2.5GB, so I'd go with 3 or 3.5 GB for OSX at a minimum, and I'm not sure about OS9.
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The first partition actually has to be LESS than 8GB, because it must be completely contained within the first 8GB. Since the hard disk drivers and whatnot consume a few megabytes at the beginning of the disk, it's wise to make the first partition 7.8GB or so to make certain that it does not straddle the 8GB line.
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I am not so sure it matters if it exact or slightly less. I made mine exactly 8 on an old bondi and an old Beige G3 and installed fine on both.
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Originally posted by solbo:
I am not so sure it matters if it exact or slightly less. I made mine exactly 8 on an old bondi and an old Beige G3 and installed fine on both.
From what I have read, the problem is exclusive to the Bondi iMac, and does not apply to PowerMac G3s.
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Originally posted by waffffffle:
From what I have read, the problem is exclusive to the Bondi iMac, and does not apply to PowerMac G3s.
Evidently, you haven't read Apple's Knowledge Base article on it.
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Originally posted by solbo:
I am not so sure it matters if it exact or slightly less. I made mine exactly 8 on an old bondi and an old Beige G3 and installed fine on both.
Same here. My second Mac, a Bondi rev. B iMac, has a 20 GB hard disk with two partitions (the system, applications, etc. on the first one, and the users on the second): the first partition is exactly 8 GB (formatted with the Panther Disk Utility), and was accepted as a valid partition to install the system on right from the beginning.
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