Have you ever booted from a CD on this machine? Several years ago when I got my iMac I had a similar problem. It ended up being a bad ROM in the CD drive. It worked fine, it just wasn't bootable. Fortunately the machine was still under warranty, and Apple replaced the drive.
Tom W. On 9/1/04 8:21 PM, "Steven Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Listers: > I'm using a 17" PB G4, 512MB RAM, OS 10.2.8. I recently purchased the > 40GB "Clickwheel" iPod and have been having a problem with the iPod > rebooting. Guy at the Genius Bar at local Apple Store restored iPod > with his song files and the problem goes away, hence the suggestion > that I have a corrupted file on the Powerbook. I went to "single user" > mode and ran the fdsk command, no problems found. Ran Disk Utility and > several permissions are found to be incorrect, but can't be fixed since > I ran the utility from the startup disk. So... I tried to boot the > Powerbook from the System X (Jaguar) install disk. No go. Tried via > restarting and holding down the "C" key--still boots from the hard > drive. Tried resetting the startup disk in System Prefs and > restarting--still boots from the hard drive. Cannot figure this out. > Any suggestions? > Steven Schwartz > -- 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
