Thanks again for the responses.
RAM: 640MB (2x 256, 1x 128), pulled from a B&W rev1 that suddenly died when its hard disk crasched due to mechanical failure; I assume the motherboard is gone as not even pressing the CUDA switch helps...
Did I leave the new hard disk set on SLAVE?. No. It is the only HD I have connected to the computer now, partitioned into an 8GB for the OS and the remainder for files etc. It is connected to an Adapted ATA66 PCI board. I have not tried the built in ATA connection since the disk is a modern 125 MB disk that is unlikely to function in these old G3s. What however has worked consistently, but still with the long delay, is booting from an old 500 MB SCSI drive; dog slow but reliable...
I got the G3 to start up on the 8GB partition with OS 9.22 installed (through my G4). I then added XPostfacto v 4, inserted the Panther Install CD, launched XPostfacto, and crossed my fingers during the restart.
Sigh. The computer started up, after a longish wait, with a black screen containing some kind of error messages I fail to understand. I guess these are some OF messages, or kernel panic... Seems I will have another long evening trying to go through all the advice the XPostfacto has for troubleshooting.
Biorn
RAM: 640MB (2x 256, 1x 128), pulled from a B&W rev1 that suddenly died when its hard disk crasched due to mechanical failure; I assume the motherboard is gone as not even pressing the CUDA switch helps...
Did I leave the new hard disk set on SLAVE?. No. It is the only HD I have connected to the computer now, partitioned into an 8GB for the OS and the remainder for files etc. It is connected to an Adapted ATA66 PCI board. I have not tried the built in ATA connection since the disk is a modern 125 MB disk that is unlikely to function in these old G3s. What however has worked consistently, but still with the long delay, is booting from an old 500 MB SCSI drive; dog slow but reliable...
I got the G3 to start up on the 8GB partition with OS 9.22 installed (through my G4). I then added XPostfacto v 4, inserted the Panther Install CD, launched XPostfacto, and crossed my fingers during the restart.
Sigh. The computer started up, after a longish wait, with a black screen containing some kind of error messages I fail to understand. I guess these are some OF messages, or kernel panic... Seems I will have another long evening trying to go through all the advice the XPostfacto has for troubleshooting.
Biorn