[Fwd: Re: [TriLUG] another beige g3 question]

[H Brett Bolen]

responses inline.

Joshua Gitlin wrote:

>> How can I get back to OS X?
> 
> 
> Boot the system and hold down the "Option" key. You'll be prompted with 
> a list of bootable volumes. (This works for Linux also). You can also 
> install somewhat LILO-like Open Firmware bootloadres; this is much more 
> complicated (although a debian install would do just that)

This doesn't work.  Maybe it's because it is an old-world mac.  Open
Firmware would make it a new-world mac.

I keep thinking there is a mac 9  app somewhere in os X that lets
you swap it back to os X, but I can't find it.


> 
>> I want to put a hard drive in it for debian.  I took it apart,
>> and did not see a place to put the  second hard drive on the
>> first ide chain.  It doesn't look like there is a place
>> to put it.

by this I mean there is not physical room to put mount it in the
box.  I know that the slave ide connector is missing and I'll need
to get a new cable.


> 
> 
> Depending on the Mac model, it may not support multiple drives on the 
> first IDE bus (I think). Try a program called "Mactracker", it has lots 
> of great information about the hardware specifics of Mac models. (Google 
> is your friend since I can't recall a URL)

I looked at lowendmac.com, they say that it is possible for my mac,
which is rev3,  earlier revs did have problems.

I'll check out mactracker.


thanks b²



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