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Originally Posted by sinclair_tm  i'm guessing that there was some jumper not set right, or the ibook can't see a drive that large. |
This is an iBook G4. A notebook computer. There are two separate busses. One for the Optical Drive and another for the Hard Drive. There is no room inside of the case to add additional drives on those two separate dedicated internal ATA busses, so there is no reason to specify which master or slave. Besides, the pins on the drive that would select the jumper settings are connected within the connector that goes to the logic board.
Second, I specifically checked to see what the maximum allowable drive was for that computer before I purchased the replacement so there would be no capacity issues. Even if there were, there's always partitioning to cover that.
As for guesses like Schizophrenia, Digital Ghosts, Pixel Faeries, Sun Spots, Winchester Mystery House Syndrome, Alzheimers, Alien Abduction, Magnetic Anomalies and such nonsense...
Fergeddaboutit, yer break's ovah. Get back to work.