B&W G3 drive problems

Michael George yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Sep 15 05:45:01 2003


> I had simila problems...
>
> I then used OS 9.2.2 to re-partition the Hard Drive.
> open Drive Setup.
> With out having ANY drives selected, go to Functions -> Initilization 
> Options
> Choose Low Level Format.
> THEN select your 20Gb HD and Initilize.  This will force the apple 
> drivers to install on the drive.
>
> Reboot and re-install YDL
>
> This worked for me...  BTW do you have a Rev 2 board?  I didn't try 
> with the Rev.1.  I'm now running a Rev 2 board w/ a 40 Gb Seagate 
> Barracuda Ultra ATA 133 with a WD 20 GB Slave.

Where do I find an indication which revision board I have.  I found the 
Apple copyright on this one, but there's no Rev indicator.  Just a 
serial number ending in "-A".  Does that mean this is a Rev1 board?

-Michael