On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 01:01 PM, Wilton H. Shaw wrote:
snip
>>
>> Time the restart I mean. Sorry.
>> Eric
>>
> Hello Eric,
> I reformatted the ext. HD, checked the disk with TechTool Pro and
> tried to
> install OS 10X through XPF. I don't do OS 9.1 installs because the only
> thing I want in this partition is OS10X. The window showed all the
> parts
> being copied, then the computer went blank. Instead of the screen
> lighting
> up with OS 10 or reverting back to OS 9.1, as it has done before, it
> stayed
> blank again. I had to Zap the Pram to get light again. There must be a
> conflict somewhere that I never had before.
>
> Wilton
>
Hi Wilton,
Drives you nuts doesn't it! I'm sorry to say that a similar stall
happened to me when I XPF't* my S900 the first time. I think I recall a
post 'bout a month ago where this similar stall and then zapping pram
was the way out. I would suggest yet another reinstall on the disk. I
don't think you 9.1 for your goal. I bet if you look at the disk you'll
see files there but they're useless so don't click'em. What I did was
reformat to blow out the failed system. In that case, I selected the
zero all data and the other option whatever it is (brain lock=senior
moment). Good luck.
Eric
*with apologies to purists who have fits when you make up words:
I XPF is verb denoting X install with XPF:
I XPF
you XPF
we XPF
I XPFed all day and it worked.
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