Help! G3 with OSX won't boot!
hi all,
in forum OSX I asked about putting OSX on a G3 iMac 400Mhz. Consensus was - go for it, so I did.
She had OS9, and I installed OS jaguar. That was fine, but when I switched to OS9 to check a few things I found I couldn't select OSX as a startup OS as OS9.0 only allows a choice of disk, not folder.
So I installed OS9.2 and that was fine. BUT when I re-booted nothing worked at all! Just a blank screen. So I figure the iMac is confused by having OSX, OS9.2 and OS9.0 all on one disk.
I've tried re-booting with apple option P R to reset PRAM. At the moment even booting with the OSX disk and holding C doesn't achieve anything.
Any ideas on how to get myself back into my girlfriend's good books?!
Cheers
David
in forum OSX I asked about putting OSX on a G3 iMac 400Mhz. Consensus was - go for it, so I did.
She had OS9, and I installed OS jaguar. That was fine, but when I switched to OS9 to check a few things I found I couldn't select OSX as a startup OS as OS9.0 only allows a choice of disk, not folder.
So I installed OS9.2 and that was fine. BUT when I re-booted nothing worked at all! Just a blank screen. So I figure the iMac is confused by having OSX, OS9.2 and OS9.0 all on one disk.
I've tried re-booting with apple option P R to reset PRAM. At the moment even booting with the OSX disk and holding C doesn't achieve anything.
Any ideas on how to get myself back into my girlfriend's good books?!
Cheers
David
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please look <a href="http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?dialogID=&val=firmware+iMac&x=0&y=0&type=sma rtSearch&nodes=KY_dload&dateModified=" target="_blank">here</a> to find a firmware update for your iMac.
HTH and say "hi" to your gf.
You can't really know it, but you should try to always have the newest firmware. Then you can relax.
it was indeed the firmware. Updated, and now runs sweet as a nut.
Judging by what my girl has just said, I'm back in her good books <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
David
<strong>Judging by what my girl has just said, I'm back in her good books</strong><hr></blockquote>That's always a good way to get on a girl's good side -- "let" something break and then fix it yourself, truimphantly saving the day from evildoers once again!
[ 01-05-2003: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>