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Re: Digest for g3-5-list@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic [message #397302] Fri, 31 July 2020 20:24
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That worked. I got a sata enclosure on ebay for about $20.

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> smac0031 <m.smurph001@gmail.com>: Jul 27 07:13AM -0700
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> I have a old Intel PowerMac with os 10.11.
> It wasn't compatible with my old Brother HL-1440 printer. I got around
> this problem by creating a second HD with snow leopard on it. I am able
> to print with this printer from snow leopard.
> I installed some updates to this drive and now it has disappeared.
> When this thing is in my computer it won't boot from it, the or os
> 10.11 or
> from an Apple Install CD.
> It is unusable. How do I get this thing zeroed out so I can get it to
> work
> as an HD?
> Mark M
> "Bruce Johnson" <johnson@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>: Jul 27 04:47PM
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> On Jul 27, 2020, at 7:13 AM, smac0031
> <m.smurph001@gmail.com<mailto:m.smurph001@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I have a old Intel PowerMac with os 10.11.
> It wasn't compatible with my old Brother HL-1440 printer. I got around
> this problem by creating a second HD with snow leopard on it. I am able
> to print with this printer from snow leopard.
> I installed some updates to this drive and now it has disappeared.
> When this thing is in my computer it won't boot from it, the or os
> 10.11 or from an Apple Install CD.
> It is unusable. How do I get this thing zeroed out so I can get it to
> work as an HD?
> Mark M
>
> I would remove the drive, then plug it into an external USB adapter or
> case, and work on it by plugging it in after your computer is booted up.
>
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