HD Recognition during install

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I have a Power Mac G3 and am trying to install OS X. When I go to select a hard drive, there are none. I formated the hard drive with FAT32, and still no luck. I tried installing OS 9, thinking that I need to update the firmware, but still no luck. Is there anything I should know about hard drives, or how to format them. BTW, I am formating it in Windows XP, then putting it in the Poer Mac.
 
You can't install OS X on a hard drive formatted FAT32.
Don't format the drive in a PC, when you expect the drive to boot a Mac.
Boot to the OS X install disk, and choose Disk Utility from the menus at the first installer screen.
Click on the hard drive, and click on the partition tab, Change the Volume Scheme to 1 partition, and MacOS Extended (journaled) would be fine. And, click on the partition button at the bottom of the window. That will take a few seconds to complete, then Quit the utility, and continue with the OS X install.
 
try the format/erase again, and (important) then shut your computer down (power off completely). Reboot to the install disk, and start through the installer.
Is the hard drive now showing, but not selectable (grey)?
Make sure the drive jumpers are set for Master.

There are some brands (such as Samsung) that can be quite flaky on a Mac. what brand hard drive (and what capacity) do you have?
Lastly, which Mac do you have (beige G3?). A beige G3 has very specific partition requirements, which newer Macs do not need.
And, which version of OS X are you trying to install? A beige G3 cannot install a system newer than 10.2.8, without some special software.
 
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