On Feb 5, 2006, at 2:49 PM, Nat Hall wrote:
On 2/1/06, Charles Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 07:08 PM, Len Gerstel wrote:
Got a Beige with a G4 533 that has happily been running 10.2.8. Found
a G4 Server OS 9.0.3 install disk and wanted to see if it had a
universal OS 9 installer. It did not work. Popped out the CD and
restarted my Mac.
It ignored the 10.2 on the ata drive on the main HD (yes, first
partition, less than 8G) and started from the system folder I have
for
classic on a SCSI drive, but it would not start up from that, being a
stripped down system folder. I unplugged the scsi drive, hoping it
would force the system to start up from 10.2 on the ata drive. No go,
blinking question mark.
snip
Any other ideas to get me back into 10 on my beige? My next step may
be to install X on one of the partitions on the scsi drive, then use
that systems startup disk to get back to my normal HD.
Snip
Trying holding down "D" the moment you hear the startup bong begin.
This is supposed to force your Mac to boot from the internal drive.
Though if you can't even get to OF with the correct key sequence, I'm
not sure you'll have luck with this one.
If that doesn't work for you, go to the following URL:
http://davespicks.com/writing/programming/mackeys.html
There might be something else in there that could help you out.
Let me know if you can get into OF. I know the setting that got hosed
and if you can get in there, I can probably tell you how to fix it.
Thanks, but I did install a stripped down 10.2.0 onto one of the
partitions on the scsi drive, booted from that and selected the 10.2.8
install on the ata drive and it has been running fine and starts from
the 10.2.8 on the ata every time now. NO MORE futzing with 9 on that
Mac.
Thanks,
Len
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