on 12/3/04 1:43 PM, Malcolm Cornelius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> This is a genuine disc and not a copy isn't it ?
Yes it is the real thing.
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on 12/3/04 2:38 PM, Fabian Fang at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The Lombard PowerBooks support OS 8.5.
But my OS 8.5 was for my tabletop beige G3. anywho it won't boot from that
disc either.
Kristina
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I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3
beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still
defauts to 9.2
>>
>> It needs 8.6 or later
>
> The Lombard PowerBooks support OS 8.5.
Yeah ? IIRC 8.6 was just a patched version of 8.5,
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 19:43:04 +, Malcolm Cornelius
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3
> >> beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still
> >> defauts to 9.2
>
> It needs 8.6 or later
The Lombard Po
>> I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3
>> beige...also I tried to boot the 8.5 that came with the beige... still
>> defauts to 9.2
It needs 8.6 or later
This is a genuine disc and not a copy isn't it ?
>>
> Another thought, The CD may be of an older version
The National Enquirer reports at 3:01 PM -0500 12/2/04, John McGibney wrote:
> >
> >> If you press "C" at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot
>from the CD, it
> >> can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or
> >> an OpenFirmware password was set.
> >
> >
> > Th
>> My assumption is that not the same sectors on a CD are read whether you're
>> accessing data from it or booting from it.
>>
hmmm...If I will need a new cd drive will the cd drive the Alejandro
suggested work for this Lombard? What should I get...and can I do it myself?
I live in the middle of
--- Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On 02/12/04 14:02, "Kristina Rost"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> If you press "C" at boot time and the PowerBook
> doesn't boot from the CD, it
> >> can only be one of three things: the CD is bad,
> the CD-ROM drive is bad or
> >> an OpenFi
>
>> If you press "C" at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it
>> can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or
>> an OpenFirmware password was set.
>
>
> Thanks Laurent,
>
> I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3
On 02/12/04 14:02, "Kristina Rost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If you press "C" at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it
>> can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or
>> an OpenFirmware password was set.
>
>
> Thanks Laurent,
>
> I have tried
> If you press "C" at boot time and the PowerBook doesn't boot from the CD, it
> can only be one of three things: the CD is bad, the CD-ROM drive is bad or
> an OpenFirmware password was set.
Thanks Laurent,
I have tried my another 8.6 CD that I used for my faithful and heavy G3
beige...also I
On 02/12/04 12:16, "Kristina Rost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> None of these suggestions got me into my CD to restore 8.6
>
>> reset your (PRAM) and Open Firmware.
> I performed this and it was successful...false hope
>
> and
>
>> the if message still appears after you reset PR
Dear John,
None of these suggestions got me into my CD to restore 8.6
>reset your (PRAM) and Open Firmware.
I performed this and it was successful...false hope
and
> the if message still appears after you reset PRAM, reset the Open Firmware
> settings:
so I did
> 1-4
and this was successful al
Somehow your machine is starting in "Open Firmware" mode. Nothing serious,
just unnerving if you're not into X's inner workings. Try this from an Apple
tech article:
Open Firmware.
"To continue booting, type 'mac-boot' and press return" What's that supposed
to mean? If all you did was turn on you
Hi John,
I did as you suggested...but I got a black screen with porgrammer like
instructions..."if you want to continue to boot type mac-boot and press
return" or the same with shut-down.
When I type "mac-boot" and return I get a small OS logo with a line of
programmer type under the logo that ma
> Hello,
>
> I have just suscribed today and hope to find some help for my newly acquired
> Powerbook G3, I think it's called a "Lombard" as it has a bronze keyboard
> and 400Mhz.
>
> I won it off ebay...and it came with OSX but no disks. I really don't want
> OSX as all my programs work just fin
Hello,
I have just suscribed today and hope to find some help for my newly acquired
Powerbook G3, I think it's called a "Lombard" as it has a bronze keyboard
and 400Mhz.
I won it off ebay...and it came with OSX but no disks. I really don't want
OSX as all my programs work just fine for me in 8.6.
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