Re: OS X CD won't boot

[David Klaus]

IIRC you are using a CD attached to an IDE card and you can start the 
XPF install, but OS X wont boot from the CD.  My original reply was 
that the boot-up sequence for XPF can not read the CD Rom.  The way 
XPF works is to install a boot program for OS X on the destination 
HD, then restart using that program to run OS X and the installer 
from the CD Rom.   The part about the HD size is only once you have 
the OS X installer running you may not be able to select the drive to 
install to if the first partition is larger then 8GB.


This seems to have been part of the problem.  I attached a four gig 
IDE drive to the ATA card and gave it another try.  With both the 
SCSI CD reader and an IDE CD-reader, I got the same result.  I tried 
it while holding down command-v and got this:

        Opening partition [pci1/ACARD,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/@2:6]...
HFSInitPartition: ff8d7240
Loading HFS+ File: [\private\tmp\mach_kernel] from ff8d7240.
FailToBoot: 2
ENTER called
Open Firmware, 1.0.5
To continue booting the MacOS type:
BYE<return>
To continue booting from the default boot device type:
BOOT<return>
When I type "boot" at the prompt, I get
0 > boot MAC-PARTS: LOAD (noninterposed) not supported
 ok
Any ideas?

-James

Also, if you might have to partition your HD with a partition 
slightly smaller than 8 Gig for OS X to be installed.   This is a 
limit in the installer due to a firmware bug in the Apple beige G3s 
where they can not boot from an IDE partition greater than 8 Gig. 
The installer thinks XPF machines with IDE cards have the problem 
(they don't) and wont do the install.   If OS X thinks your HD is a 
SCSI drive, you don't have the problem, but if it reads past the 
firmware you will.   I don't know if it does with the SIIG IDE 
card. This issue would not affect the boot up sequence, you will 
hit it in the installer itself.
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