Powerbook G3 freezes during OSX install

[TheHorizntalBob]

Hello, I just got a Powerbook G3 (Bronze keyboard) from a friend. I just put a 40 gig harddrive in it and everytime i try to install os x it freezes like 7/8th's through the installation. I made an 8 gig partition like it said and erased the disk before installing. I even have 2 copies of the first intall disk and it does it with both. PLEEAAASSEEE help!

[eric2006]

First of all, if you partition with OS X, you need to make the partition a little smaller than 8 GB. Try 7, just to be safe. If that doesn't work, we'll try something else.

[TheHorizntalBob]

do i even need a partition?

[TheHorizntalBob]

I'm brand new to Mac so as much detail as possible would be greatly appreciated.

[eric2006]

Actually, I can't find a page that says that you need to partition, but you should probably do it in this installation, just as a control. You have to do it with iMac G3's, so it could be a "G3" thing. If it works, you could try an install with no partitions. Also, what kind of hard drive did you get? Low end mac says:

According to the Road Warrior and Other World Computing, the drive controller in G3 PowerBooks is incompatible with ATA-6 hard drives. When replacing the internal hard drive, you should be sure to obtain an ATA-5 compliant drive, which supports transfer speeds of up to 100 MB/sec.

Looks like there is no firmware that you need for OS X, so you're good there.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally Posted by TheHorizntalBob

do i even need a partition?

Yes, you need a partition with two requirements:

1) That the partition is no larger than 8GB in size
2) The partition is the very first partition on the drive. You can tell by the graphical representation of the partitions -- the 8GB partition must be at the top.

[TheHorizntalBob]

The harddrive is a fujitsu MHS202040AT. The partition was exactly 8GB and it was the first partition on the drive.

[TheHorizntalBob]

MHS2040AT sorry about that