Thanks for your response. I did get back to 9.2.1 by zapping the pram. Option key would probably have worked too. Now I'm trying to upgrade to Radeon 7000 Mac video card before trying OS X install again. Computer boots but screen stays black. I've flashed the card several times with the roms from ATI's site, both the newer and the older version. Runs fine on a 3D exclaim in 9.2.1, but not when I try to go to X.
Power Tower Pro 225 Upgraded with Sonnet G4 700 (or 800? I forget) 2 hardrives on original SCSI bus (the faster one) tempo trio card with 2 160G ATA drives Monitor is Hitachi SuperScan Pro 800
Thanks for any ideas.
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 14:52:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Emmi "Hyv�ffffe4rinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Open Firmware Problem (I think)
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I have the exact same PTP configuration you described, and I've learned a few sad lessons regarding Panther installations:
If you're getting the shabbily rendered Panther installation screen during the install, then your video card isn't supported - Setting the XPesto preferences to set up an argument between the Panther installer and your video card is an argument your video card isn't going to win, btw. It's been my experience that a Radeon 7000 video card is a minimum requirement for a Panther installation.
Jaguar 10.1 or 10.2 will install just fine with a Rage Pro card, though.
I also had problems with the ATA card and UW SCSI cards hanging at the Panther registration screen.
I got around all of this by pulling the ATA and UW SCSI cards from the 'puter and then installed Panther onto a SCSI HD using the onboard SCSI bus and completed the registration.
I then put the ATA and UW SCSI cards and drives back into the 'puter and used Retrospect to duplicate the Panther installation onto one of the 160 gb ATA drives.
Believe me, it's every bit the pain in the butt it sounds like, and there were probably easier ways I could have done this, but it worked. =>
Also, using the option key at start-up, as someone else suggested, is how you get the 'puter to boot back into OS 9 after a failed Panther/Jaguar installation or start-up.
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