I read the message of someone that the startup disk won't let them boot into 9. I have the opposite problem.
This is a long story, but I will try to make it short. Basically, I am doing a full remake on this machine, with 512 MB upgrade, no problem, a G4/500 that I didn't realize I had to clock the MB for a day or so (what is this little bag of black rubber things for?), now it is working fine. I am trying to get a Radeon 7000 working, but that is another time maybe (right now it seems to be working as billed.. For now suffice it to say, like with the above, people tell others to RTFM for a reason. So I installed the card, installed the software, and bam, I start getting conflicts, the one that really messes me up is that my printer keeps getting a signal during startup that sends it some gibberish to print, and then after that it won't respond. I'm still using 9.2.2 at the time and have Conflict Catcher installed. I start trying to define what it is and surprise, like the manual says, trash ATI Res Mgr; it also finds ATI Graphics Accelerator is conflicting, so out they go, but then it gets worse and it finds more and more conflicts, things like the Apple Shared Library and other sort of essential files. Meanwhile the printer problem is not going away. I use Norton SystemWorks and DiskWarrior to no avail. So I do a clean install and install the latest driver for the printer an Epson Stylus Color 800. Even after the clean install, and the installation of a new driver, the problem still doesn't go away. I have switched back to the installed graphics controller OEM, an ATI product. But no go. I managed to boot up off another partition with my printer installed on 9.1 and it works. But going back into the original partition, the printer hangs again. So the next step in my upgrade plan is to install an ATA/66 card and bigger hard drives, anyway, and OS X.. So I install the HD and partition it with the first partition less than 8 GB. Install from a 10.0.3 disk then install 9.1 and take it to 9.2.2 on another partition. Try to boot back into OS X and no go. I figure, oh, well and reinstall X.0.3, then upgrade until I get to X.1.5. Use it for a day installing Eudora and Mozilla, and catch up on stuff that has been piling up. Restart it a couple of times during the installations and not problem. Then I went to 9.2.2 to install a couple of things and now the Startup Control Panel ignores what I tell it. When I assign the start up as the X partition, and restart it will restart in 9.2.2 If I assign the X partition and close the control panel, then go back, it is back on 9.2.2. I tried starting with my 10.1 upgrade disk, but I can't see that that has any ability to assign start up. I used that to verify my disks and make a couple of minor repairs on the X partition. I have tried starting in Norton 9.1 and assigning the X partition, but it started in 9.2.2 and now won't recognize discs, though I can hear it whirring. I went onto Apple's support and downloaded a new copy of the startup 9.2.1 control panel, and used it to replace my old one, both versions 9.2.1. So I am stuck. This is basically a clean installation, except for the Radeon card install, there is nothing major in terms of extensions that have been added. I took out the conflicting extensions this time, before installing the Radeon drivers, and 9.2.2 is working fine. But I can't boot back to OS X. And remember the first time this happened, the Radeon extensions for the PCI card had not been added. Long story, but I want to be complete; I have tried a lot of stuff, to no avail. Any ideas? thanks, Eric Richardson -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
