I'm edging closer towards just looking for a stock 6Gb drive at this stage. For what I want to use the G3 for it's plenty and I know it'll work fine. With the cables swapped I was able to install from OSXS 1.0 up to OS X DP1. DP2 and up "can't find root device" if the drive isn't on the proper channel and then fail with corrupted files when it is. I also had to disconnect the Zip drive whilst doing all this as it would hang the boot process. Either it's not compatible with OSXS or it was the "wrong channel" effect.
It's been a bit of an adventure but I've learned how to boot cds and hard drives from OF and also that Macs really don't like it if you plug the IDE cables into the wrong ports.
While we're talking about flashing cards, I was able to flash my AHA-2940UW back to the original PC firmware without any hassle. So if anyone was thinking of trying out a PC->Mac conversion, it's reversible.
I'm looking on eBay now and it seems all the cheap and nasty SATA cards are Via-based. The Sil ones are a bit pricier. Do you know any Mac SATA card vendors that use the Via chipset?
It's been a bit of an adventure but I've learned how to boot cds and hard drives from OF and also that Macs really don't like it if you plug the IDE cables into the wrong ports.
While we're talking about flashing cards, I was able to flash my AHA-2940UW back to the original PC firmware without any hassle. So if anyone was thinking of trying out a PC->Mac conversion, it's reversible.
I'm looking on eBay now and it seems all the cheap and nasty SATA cards are Via-based. The Sil ones are a bit pricier. Do you know any Mac SATA card vendors that use the Via chipset?