--- Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 02/12/04 14:02, "Kristina Rost" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> If you press "C" at boot time and the PowerBook > doesn't boot from the CD, it > >> can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, > the CD-ROM drive is bad or > >> an OpenFirmware password was set. > > > > > > Thanks Laurent, > > > > I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my > faithful and heavy G3 > > beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came > with the beige... still > > defauts to 9.2 > > > > Like I said I have used the CD-ROM to load the > Latin Vocab drill > > program...doesn't that mean it is working? > > > > so does this leave that thats still something with > the OpenFirmware > > password, and isn't that what John was advising? > > > > > > if not how can I find out what the password might > be? > > > > I still have contact with the seller, who has been > helpful, I just didn't > > want to bother him to much...i do have the option > of returning the Lombard > > within 30 days, but I really wanted it. > > Well, forget about OpenFirmware password. I just > checked on the Apple web > site and it's only supported starting with PowerBook > G3 FireWire (Pismo) and > up. > > So, although you were able to load the Latin Vocab > drill program, I would > still guess that there is a problem with the CD-ROM > drive. My assumption is > that not the same sectors on a CD are read whether > you're accessing data > from it or booting from it. > > Are you getting the same result if you try to boot > from the 8.5 system > install CD than the 8.6 system install CD? I mean, > I'm not sure that you > would be able to boot from 8.5 on a Lombard. Maybe > you can, I'm not sure. > But if you get exactly the same problem, then there > is something wrong about > the drive. > > Now, since this thread has been going on for some > time now, I'm not sure if > you tried this or not, but have you tried setting up > the startup disk after > booting in OS X? Did that work at all? I'm getting > low on ideas... > > -Laurent. I'm coming into this discussion late has anyone brought up the possibility of a non apple cd drive being not bootable? My $.02, Mike
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