I am using the version that came with the G3 install CD. I have an install disk for OS 9, I could try that. I could try making the partition even smaller, but I've already surrendered 10 GB, and it doesn't seem to make a difference. The drive is perfectly fine, as long as I do not try to make it my startup disk. I am puzzled.Which version of Drive Setup are you using? Can you try later versions? I think my SSD is 64GB (or 32GB), maybe try a smaller single partition size?
Yes, Lime green G3 install disk. Came with one of the beige g3's, we have never bought a B&W, but we bought all of the Beiges used, and who knows what was sent with them. No circles, just an apple, a title and some really hard to read tiny print around the edges and to the right hand side. White on lime green is really awful. The disk says 1999 on it, and the part number looks to be 691-2321-A. I am not sure if it's the same disk I used on the SCSI2SD (I know I really should pay attention) I may have used the YIKES! install disk on that. I know where The YIKES! G4 came from and that the disk was its original install media, because it was my personal home computer before I upgraded to an iMac.Hm. Did you say this was an OS 8.6 installation CD? Lime green, maybe some circles on it? I wonder if it's "for" the blue-and-white Power Macintosh G3. If this is a beige G3, it might not like having the blue-and-white's OS installation put on it?
Is it the same CD you used to install onto the SCSI2SD? If so, then the CD itself and the OS install from it should be fine.
Hi Cory: I am using brand new cabling that came with the PCI SATA Card. The only other SATA cables I have came with a Seagate Barracuda I bought to go in my NAS, and I didn't need them. They're still sealed in their plastic bag. Bad cables should not be the issue.Just kind of idly, what's the condition on all the cabling/ Are you using a new SATA cable or are using an old one that might have gone bad?
Hi Fizzbin:Okay, spoke too soon. After sitting for a bit 8.6 got weird, I couldn’t drag any icons... Restart and I’m back to “Sorry, a system error occurred.” Sigh...
Did you try Mac OS 9.1? That's what I originally ran with no problems and am back on now with no problems. When I tried booting from 8.5 and 8.6 (installed on the SATA disk connected to the PCI SATA adapter) it either would freeze during boot or shortly there after if if it did boot.Hi Fizzbin:
I can get the OS installed as well, and everything will look fine. When I try to boot from the SATA drive (or the SSD for that matter) , I get all kinds of irritating errors. I am wondering if it will be more reliable as just a storage device, and not a boot drive. I've spent so much time on this, it's beginning to make me feel pretty hopeless.
Unfortunately, I am kind of stuck with OS 8.6. I wonder how these cards work in the blue and whites, or the early G4, units that shipped with OS 8.6?Did you try Mac OS 9.1?
I can't use any flavor of 9 with a program I absolutely have to be able to run on the G3.I kinda skimmed this so maybe I missed something, but have you tried 9.2.2? Just curious if that might be more compatible with your SATA card, or any storage device, for that matter. I guess I have just never seen a reason to run anything older than 9.2.2 on a G3.
Sorry to take so long to respond to this, but year end mania took precedence over my projects for the last few weeks. I have a Seagate SATA drive I hooked up to the card. It has the same problems. Fizzbin reported he has issues when he tried to boot into 8.6 via a drive connected to this PCI card, but none with OS 9. What I am tempted to do is something you suggested earlier: set up that puppy to be a network storage device. Then I can go ahead and install OS 9, and they'll just have to store and retrieve their programs from the central storage device. Even if I had to make a partition for each user, it would be easier than what I am dealing with now.Another idea: You could see about connecting a conventional hard disk (up to 2TB) up to the SATA card. Partition it for, say, 100GB to boot from and "the rest" and then see how it runs.
At this time, the most machines we would have connected concurrently is 6. In reality, it's usually only half that many.How many people would need to connect to the system?
If you're interested, I can work on and then share/post my guide to ASIP6.
Depending on your interest and needs, linux + netatalk or Windows Server 2003 may also work.
Now I understand! We don't use email or any kind of web services on the older Macs, and I know how to set up standard file sharing. Now to sell this to the shop manager and my bosses.AppleShare IP