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iMac G3 not booting off SSD, except when I select it as a startup disk from OS X

~Coxy

Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Hello everyone, I have an iMac G3 Flower Power that sadly its hard disk died recently.
I replaced the hard disk with a SSD and a IDE-SATA bridge board.

The SSD is recognised, I can see it as an icon when I hold Option on boot.
If I boot the iMac into FireWire Target Disk mode I can also read the SSD from my eMac.
It won't boot off the SSD normally, I get a ? floppy.
But if I boot into OS X 10.4 using my eMac in FireWire Target Disk mode, I can select the SSD as a Startup Disk and boot into it just fine.

Does anyone have any ideas so I can get it to boot on its own, and I can put it back together and stop looking at it upside-down? :)
Thanks!
 

ried

Well-known member
Sean at Action Retro was having similar issues with IDE adapters and SSDs in the original tray-loading iMac G3. Using a disk on module seemed to solve it for him. Not sure if that'll help with a slot-loader, but probably wouldn't hurt to try.

 

~Coxy

Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Thank you both, I ended up swapping the IDE cable with a 80 wire ribbon (sadly disabling the CD drive, but that's not too big a deal) and it boots now. So I suspect the issue is something to do with ATA modes (is that the correct term?) on these bridge boards.
 
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