on 01/05/04 09:38, Jeff Hubatka at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have an iBook 60 (16VRAM) with a 20 GB hard drive. I have installed > Panther just fine, but trying to install OS9 does not work at all. I > get an error message saying this program cannot run on this computer. I > have original discs for 9.04 and 9.2, but I get the same message with > both. In fact, it won't start up with the 9.04 disc, I assume because > this 'Book was released after 9.1 came out. I can get OS9 running by > copying the System Folder over from my TiBook - Classic works and I can > select it as a startup drive too. I ran the installer when hooked up in > FW Target mode, but I can't run the updaters to 9.2.2 at all. I also > tried my iMac 9.2.2 installer CD, but that wouldn't run either. Any > suggestions, short of replacing the drive? I don't want to take this > thing apart again, I did that recently to change out the CD with a > Combo drive. > And another thing - this computer always thinks it is spanning monitors > in OS9 (which the iBook isn't supposed to be capable of). I lose the > cursor and after slapping my forehead go into the CP to drag the > monitors apart each time. I tried trashing the Monitors preferences, > but the next startup I got the same thing.
I'm assuming that this iBook cannot boot OS 9? -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Evil Empire n.: [from Ronald Reagan's famous characterization of the communist Soviet Union] Formerly IBM,now Microsoft. Functionally, the company most hackers love to hate at any given time. Hackers like to see themselves as romantic rebels against the Evil Empire, and frequently adopt this role to the point of ascribing rather more power and malice to the Empire than it actually has. See also Borg and search for Evil Empire pages on the Web. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
