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| iMac G3 not booting off SSD, except when I select it as a startup disk from OS X |
Posted by: ~Coxy on 2022-03-16 04:27:48
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? 🙂
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Posted by: alectrona6400 on 2022-03-16 07:50:02
You might need to install OS X on there with the Mac OS 9 disk drivers. |
Posted by: ried on 2022-03-16 12:03:42
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.
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Posted by: ~Coxy on 2022-03-16 17:11:34
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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