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Mac heads, help! iBook G4 HD Issue?

Asked by benseven (3189points) March 6th, 2009

Hi guys,

I just repaired one of these by installing one of these – but I can’t see the new HD at all, not in Open Firmware*, not in OS X Install disc booting (Disk Utility can’t see it), Terminal* tells me there’s something under /.vol called 234881026 – could that be it?

I guess I should have stuck it in a caddy and initialised it first? I’ve never had this problem before. It’s gonna be a huge pain in the ass to open it up again so is there anything else I can try software wise?

A friend is bringing around a copy of Diskwarrior, so I’ll be giving that a shot too.

* I have limited experience with the commands for Open Firmware and Terminal, so if anyone can suggest some commands to fire in, I’ll give them a shot.

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