I have not used the drive in many years, so it's definitely questionable whether the drive is good or not. It does spin up, however, so im assuming its fine. I last used OS 9 on it, so the partition is still there i think. Its a Seagate 15150N 4.6GB, 7200 RPM. Not apple branded. I've tried numerous patches for HD setup and none can recognize it. I'm unsure about the SCSI ID's and termination.

As for the software, everything i tried was from Apple's website.

As for the bootup procedure, it does its chime thing, loads the cursor for the mouse, then a blinking question mark appears for a second, then the happy mac, then the "Welcome to Macintosh" thing, then it either spits out the floppy, or it gives an error message (if its not compatible).

Extremely frustrating, to say the least.