IMAC G4 Upgrade Issues

[knutech]

Hi,
I'm a newbie to Mac's, so please excuse me, though I have had PC's for over 25years! I was given a IMAC, G4 and I have upgraded it with DVD DL burner, bigger HD and more memory. Installed leaopard and hey it works.. In a fashion.

It won't boot from the HD, but it does from the DVD with the operating disk. Once it boots I can get in to disk util's select the HD partition and it boots and the machine functions perfectly. (Still getting to grips with leopard with a single button mouse! Ordered the new type with scroll button)

Having read lots of infomation I believe I need to get in to the OF and change the setting for my new HD (500Gig) but I may be wrong?

Need help on this, all help greatfully accepted.

Regards, Knutech

[C(-)ris]

You should just be able to go to the startup disk preference and set the 500GB drive from there and it should remember.

[jdc]

you can use any $10 USB mouse you can buy -- or already have in a drawer -- you dont need a mac specific mouse

[ztirffritz]

Any mouse will work just fine. That 1-button mouse issue was an urban legend that PC users spread for more than 10 years.

[Octave Doctor]

There's a regular old Microsoft Basic Mouse hooked up to my G4 (but only because I got it for free).

[Raydog]

[quote=knutech]

It won't boot from the HD, but it does from the DVD with the operating disk. Once it boots I can get in to disk util's select the HD partition and it boots and the machine functions perfectly.

Having read lots of infomation I believe I need to get in to the OF and change the setting for my new HD (500Gig) but I may be wrong?


http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/im...rives.html

"Officially, Apple says that Macs running MacOS X 10.2 or higher released after June 2002 can use "big drives" -- those larger than 128 GB -- which would exclude the original iMac G4/700 (Flat Panel) and G4/800 (Flat Panel) models. However, third-parties have discovered that all iMac G4 models will support big drives running MacOS X 10.2 or later."

Maybe this helps?

[RAMd®d]

There's no setting you can change in OF or anywhere else for the HD.

The jumper on the HD itself may be an issue. I don't know if your iMac uses Master or Cable Select, but glance at the old HD should tell you.

[nwyaker]

HD is master, DVD is slave in that machine. Just upgraded several.