More g5 booting

[Ian Marlier]

On 11/30/03 4:30 PM, "Robert Sanders" <rarob@comcast.net> wrote:

>> Still trying to get the pre-release of YDL for the G5 to boot...
>> 
>> I have to do install-safe, instead of graphical or plain text mode...this is
>> with the Radeon 9800 card and a 23" Cinema display.
>> 
>> My machine has a 250-GB ATA hard drive, the standard Apple BTO option...
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> scsi2: ata_k2
>>     Vendor: ATA     Model: Maxtor 6Y250M0       Rev: 0.72
>>     Type: Direct-Access                     ANSI SCSI revision: 05
>> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
>> SCSI drive sda: 490234752 512-byte hdwr sectors (251000 MB)
>> Partition check:
>>     sda:<3>ata1: DMA timeout, stat 0x1
>> ATA: abnormal status 0xD0 on port 0xF110801C
> 
> 
> I thought the Maxtor 250 GB weren't supported yet....Might be
> mis-remembering the
> web pages.....
> 
> 
> Rob

You're absolutely right.  I missed that...

Bummer...

I have a spare 10 GB ATA disk hanging around somewhere, a Western Digital
that's a few years old but still perfectly functional.  Anyone know if I can
use that instead?