Warren Bowman wrote: > Caveat: since I bought the G4 > used, it came with no install disks. I did the archive and intall from a > disk that came with a 12-inch G4 powerbook. I recall reading somewhere > that some disks are machine-specific, so maybe this wont work on my G4?
Could be, but if the installation finished w/o errors (except for booting into OS X), than it looks like that that CD works with you Mac. But I would strongely suggest you to buy a retail copy of Jaguar just to be sure anyhow. > 6. When booted into 9, the X drive does not show up on the desktop. > Never has, dont know why, but it means I can't designate the X drive as > startup from within 9. Probably because the HD is initialized in OS X's Disk Utility w/o selecting something like 'install OS 9 drivers'. > A. Go buy a new drive, install it in place of the OS 9 drive, put X on > it, and try to mount the old X drive long enough to copy needed data off > of it. Then pull the old X drive, and reinstall the OS 9 drive, keeping > the old X drive for future re-use. Dont know if/how well this would > work, or if I would be moving my old problem to my new drive. Yes this is what I would do if I were you. Or buy a Firewire enclosure and an IDE HD and install and boot OS X from it. You can then use this enclosure for backup purposes in the future to avoid the problems you are having now. > B. Take it to my trusted Mac repair shop, and ask him fix the old drive. > Prolly cost more, and I would not have the benefit of a larger drive at > today's cheap prices. > > Ok folks, have at it. What have I done wrong, and what should I do? I > have been fixing my own Macs for a long time, and while it's against my > religion to take a computer in for repair, I may be licked on this one. Well yes if installing a new HD with or w/o a Firewire enclosure with OS X doesn't help I suggest you take it to a repair shop as a last resort. Marc * * -- 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
