Mikeal Palulis wrote: > On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 10:34 AM, Ferree Donald wrote: > > >>>Howdy Folks, >>>I have a B&W that will not boot and run with OS 9.x I've tried 3 >>>different zifs, swapping ram, installing on diferent drives... >>>It's latest trick is haveing the installer crash. >>>It runs 10.x just fine...but I need to install (ok, maybe not need!) >>>The Sims, and you have to install in 9 first ( at least the version I >>>have sez so) >> >>>Any Ideas? >> >>>MIkeal >> >> >>Will it not boot at all, or does it just take forever? I've got >>somewhat the >>same problem on my B&W, in that it takes 2 min.+ to boot. But once it >>boots, >>it's fine. I've got the memory checker turned off, which didn't seem >>to make >>much difference in the boot time. >> >>The strange thing is, I've got 9.2.2 running just fine on a beige G3 >>and it >>boots like 8.6 did. >> >>Don >> > > Don, > Well, sometimes it'll freeze or bomb during startup, but mostly it'll > make it to the desktop and pop 2 messages: > Finder could not load - not enough memory. (can't be... I got a gig amd > it show in about this mac)
Try this: remove one stick of memory, and see if that works. I dimly seem to recall some sort of problem with systems with 1G of memory. Don't take it as gospel, though, my memory never was what it used to be... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
