pfhannan:
Could you please clarify which exact model of Mac you have? (see DeltaMac's question in post #59)

Note that the ability to boot into OS 9 (or not) is a function of which Mac model you have, not which model of hard drive you have. If you have one of the Mac models that dates from after the cutoff of OS 9 booting, it doesn't matter what hard drive you use or what is on that hard drive - you won't be able to boot into OS 9.

Based on the model number pfhannan listed in the first post, this is the iMac in question. This, though, was contradicted by pfhannan in post 41. The way to determine if it's the 15" model or the 17" model by measuring is to measure the screen diagonally.

Assuming it's the 17" model, it can boot into OS 9 or OS X versions 10.1.2-10.4.11. Booting into OS 9 requires the original software that came with the computer because, as pfhannan indirectly noted with the words "it will successfully boot OS 9.2.2 with Mac OS ROM 9.0.1, provided on the original discs." Put another way, these Macs had a special version of the Mac OS ROM file enabling OS 9 booting on these machines.

If the seller of the recently purchased hard drive didn't use the original discs that came with that model iMac, it will not boot OS 9. Reports are that these discs can be acquired for a nominal fee from Apple (as I said in post 31).

If you look at the label on the Maxtor drive it will have a model number and serial number on it - you only need the model number to lookup on maxtor's site as to where the jumpers go for that drive to make it a master.

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/i...umpers_rev.jpg

Don't worry about the CLJ setting - you don't need it just do the master for the drive model you have.

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http://keeping-house.ntrweb.com/
Give it a whirl, the iweb application is an enjoyable experience and provides plently of great looking templates to work with - taking a lot of the work out of it! If you get stuck at any point while using iweb, there are plenty of people using it who can help you out.

I have gone into that site suggested, and see no where my model number. The model number on my HD is 33073H3, it is an Apple logo'd 30GB

One of those jumper layouts will look just like your drive (probably a Fireball model), so just match up with that.

I just noticed the Maxtor only has 9 pins, does that tell me its a nondMax Drive?

I don't know, I can't hear your drive. :)

The link that you have been given shows 3 different layouts that have 9 pins.
choose the set that looks like yours.... You will notice that Maxtor uses the first set as master, but not always.
(note- "try the second set" is likely the wrong answer, unless yours will work better with cable select)