Brett B.
Well-known member
I personally do not feel that you are fighting an Apple-branded HD issue. I have had OS 8.1 on mine for many years and PC Setup and the PC side in general works perfectly, and I think I just have some random small IDE drive in the machine (IIRC just a 2 or 4 or 10GB one, I will have to check.) Certainly not Apple branded. I just used what I had back in the day...which amounted to donor parts from PCs at work. The ONLY problem I have with mine is that the CD-ROM does not work on the PC side... it did at one point in the past, but it does not now.
FWIW 8.1 is a quirky bastard and all the variations of installer files & discs & upgraders will cause you unending grief. The one I found that works best across multiple machines is the CD that came with Rev. A G3 iMacs. In my experience using that almost always results in an installation that is functional on the first try. It may be the install process itself - seems to me that some other "8.1" discs will run an 8.0 install first and then an upgrade to 8.1 whereas I think this one just goes straight to 8.1. In any case I have a variety of them and the iMac one has been working the best for me, since 1998
Now, keep in mind, I haven't messed with CF or SCSI2SD adapters or any of that. Just run of the mill IDE hard drives. So that may be a factor for you. In case it matters, I do have a full 040 in my LC630, and it's been overclocked to 40MHz. I also have a ton of RAM in it, 12x CD-ROM, AV card, TV tuner...... think I even put a faster 486 in the DOS card as well. Seems like everyone's mods have different end results these days though.
FWIW 8.1 is a quirky bastard and all the variations of installer files & discs & upgraders will cause you unending grief. The one I found that works best across multiple machines is the CD that came with Rev. A G3 iMacs. In my experience using that almost always results in an installation that is functional on the first try. It may be the install process itself - seems to me that some other "8.1" discs will run an 8.0 install first and then an upgrade to 8.1 whereas I think this one just goes straight to 8.1. In any case I have a variety of them and the iMac one has been working the best for me, since 1998
Now, keep in mind, I haven't messed with CF or SCSI2SD adapters or any of that. Just run of the mill IDE hard drives. So that may be a factor for you. In case it matters, I do have a full 040 in my LC630, and it's been overclocked to 40MHz. I also have a ton of RAM in it, 12x CD-ROM, AV card, TV tuner...... think I even put a faster 486 in the DOS card as well. Seems like everyone's mods have different end results these days though.