Re: iBook CD ROM dead, Install question. HELP

2005-01-24 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
OK I have 512MB that I bought for this iBook and I will install it and try it out. But how would you explain OS9 not booting? Let me explain the OS9 issue. I installed it over FW, it is original 9.1 CD which came with the first release of OX and it wouldn't boot either, is that indicative of

Re: installing os9 over firewire.

2005-01-24 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
Panther. On Jan 24, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/01/05 23:53, Ben Dyer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my experience, Panther install CDs work on any machine. The disks that came with my iBook G4 work on an iMac G3, an aluminium PowerBook G4, and a Wallstreet (with XPostFacto).

iBook CD ROM dead, Install question. HELP

2005-01-23 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
My internal CD ROM is dead on my ibook. I have installed Panther using my emac's Panther CDs over firewire (eMac and iBook connected via firewire) while the ibook is in target mode. It doesn't work. Do I need retail Panther CDs or iBook CDs. Please help. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: iBook CD ROM dead, Install question. HELP

2005-01-23 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
but it will not boot itself. I get a flashing question mark inside a folder Alex On Jan 24, 2005, at 12:58 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 23/01/05 15:25, Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My internal CD ROM is dead on my ibook. I have installed Panther using my emac's Panther CDs

installing os9 over firewire.

2005-01-22 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
I would like to install os9 over firewire because the ibook's CD ROM player is dead. I have an ibook 500 (which I am returning) but I would like to give it another chance as the price was so dandy! I went out and bought a firewire cable and successfully mounted the ibook on the emac's

Re: installing os9 over firewire.

2005-01-22 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
I will try that and let you know. I installed everything mobile via a customized install Could be, but have you tried to bless the new system folder? You just pull out the Finder, put it on the desktop, then you put it back into the system folder. Sometimes, it's just what's missing. But maybe

replacement drive for dual usb ibook 500

2005-01-19 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
Does anyone know which drive, brand and model number apple used in the dual usb ibook g3? It looks like my cd ROM drive bit the bullet and I want to replace it with a drive 100% compatible. I would also like a drive I can have the plastic silver plate put back on easily without any

iBook 500 (dual USB) useful links

2005-01-16 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
Enjoy, take-apart, hacks, over-clocking, hinge problems, installing Hard Drives and Optical drives etc. etc. http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/8165274427338252/ http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/ http://www.pbzone.com/ http://www.orange-carb.org/SBM/

Re: iBook Ice 500 - Damaged Power input ???

2005-01-15 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
Here is a list of links if I may. I have an iBook 500 i am trying to fix some issues on and came across all these brilliant links So enjoy; http://apple.weblogsinc.com/entry/8165274427338252/ http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/ http://www.pbzone.com/ http://www.orange-carb.org/SBM/

Re: I need some ideas/help

2004-10-09 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
You may want to try opening Disk Utility in OSX and asking it to repair permissions in OS9. You can find the command in the File menu. On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah,

Re: Pismo freakout

2004-10-09 Thread Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail
Powersupply loose in back? Are you running of battery? Power source, whichever is lose. My 2 cents On Oct 8, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Joe Crow wrote: On Oct 8, 2004, at 12:53 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 07/10/04 23:36, Joe Crow at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi folks. I'm on a Pismo 500, running OS X