Is it possible that the firmware on the B/W has not been updated yet? I just went through that on a recently acquired B/W G3. It would not run with OS9 and I did not have one of the versions of 8 or 9 installer CDs that boots this computer. But, it would run Tiger just fine. It has to be booted into 8.5.1, 8.6, 9.0 in order to perform the firmware update, and that means you have to have the installer CD. Not a 9.0.4 CD, etc., only one of the ones listed above. I did find a trick that expands the options a bit. The 9.0 installer will run in Classic mode! You can use a 9.0 disk that does not boot a B/W without the firmware update in Classic to get 9 installed on a hard drive. Then you can boot from that drive or partition and install the firmware updater. After downloading it from Apple in OS X where you have a functional browser.
Bruce --- On Thu, 1/7/10, Mac User #330250 <macuser330...@gmx.net> wrote: From: Mac User #330250 <macuser330...@gmx.net> Subject: Re: G3 B&W strange system behavior and specs To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 12:52 PM ---------- Original message ---------- Subject: G3 B&W strange system behavior and specs Date: Donnerstag 07 Januar 2010N From: "Mac User #330250" <macuser330...@gmx.net> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > The big issue with this Power Mac is that it will get stalled at the > initial startup sequence (Open Firmware or something very early) IF I set > a Startup Volume in Mac OS 9 or in Mac OS X. > As I remember it this boot selection is stored somewhere in the device tree > or so. In Open Firmware, typing "devalias" shows a "last-boot" entry, but > it is set to "p...@80000000/pci-bri...@d/mac...@5/ethernet". Anyway, this > is the only fault I could discover so far. To make the G3 fail right after > switching it on, all I have to do is set the boot device in Mac OS or Mac > OS X. Voila - it won't even show video. Fixed. I just installed 10.4.11 Tiger on it and miraculously it now works like nothing ever happend. I don't understand the world anymore. There was so much trouble in the beginning, now everything is working... :-) I've set 10.4.11 to be the default OS for now, maybe 9.2.2 breaks it again. But I will not fiddle with this. "Never touch a running system." Most of the other problems are solved too by using Tiger. The missing modem is no longer a problem. The ATA-Bus is no longer so specifically reported in Mac OS X 10.4 as it has been in 10.3. It's simply listed as "ATA Bus". Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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