On Sep 4, 2008, at 9:06 PM, lrbarrios wrote:
> > Well, I'm sure it's probably not THAT bad. There is a very long story > behind all of this, but I'll spare you the details unless they become > necessary. I'll just explain my problem, as I see it. > > The abridged version... > > iMac G3 (600Mhz Graphite, 256MB, Tiger) > I copied a working 9.2.2 System folder from a Bondi to the working > 10.4 hard drive of my Graphite. Everything looks fine. Went to > 'Startup Disk' and tried to boot from the newly added 9.2.2. Now, all > I get on power ON is a flashing folder. It alternates between a > question mark and the 'Two Faces In One' icon. Holding down the > Option key on power only shows my hard drive with the 'TFIO' icon > super-imposed on it. When I click the right-arrow button to boot it, > the Mac continuously alternates between that and the folder with a > question mark. I've done the Option+Command+P+R to clear the PRAM. > No change. It acts like it cleared it, but still doesn't make any > difference. I don't have any install CD's yet (to boot from) and > supposedly can't boot the original OS X backup from my USB drive. Any > ideas? > > Lonnie. Yeah!! Plug in the USB drive, boot holding down the 'Option Key' --- [be patient] IF the partition on the USB drive shows up as a choice, try it. You may be lucky --- But be aware, booting from USB is "slow", I.E more patience. Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
