PB G3: cant boot from osx cd

ti fighterti fighter
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Ok so I'm trying to install Jag on a 233 powerbook G3 just for kicks, and I'm having this problem:



When I try to boot from the disk the new gray apple logo comes up and it looks like its booting, (the circle thing is spinning) then like two bars of black and white "static" appear and stay on the screen. The circle thing keeps spinning but I could leave it there for a half hour and it doesn't get any farther. I just clean installed 9.2, btw. Any advice <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    muahmuah Posts: 165member
    Bad news for you.



    <a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M8712LL/A"; target="_blank">Apple Store: Sys Req.</a>



    [quote] Requirements:

    Power Mac G3 or G4, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3 or G4, or iBook computer with 128MB of physical RAM.

    Mac OS X v10.2 supports all video cards shipped by Apple on Mac OS X-compatible systems. Quartz Extreme functionality is supported by the following video cards: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, or GeForce4 Ti; Any AGP-based ATI RADEON card. A minimum of 16MB VRAM is required.

    QuickTime Pro functionality requires a QuickTime 6 Pro key. The QuickTime 5 Pro key will not work after this software is installed.

    DVD Player requires a DVD-ROM equipped Macintosh with built-in FireWire.

    Features or content provided by Sherlock may change or be discontinued at any time.

    The original PowerBook G3 and processor upgrade cards are not supported.

    <hr></blockquote>
  • Reply 2 of 8
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Good news: <a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11168"; target="_blank">XPostFacto</a>.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    ti fighterti fighter Posts: 863member
    Sorry if I wasnt clear, this is the Powerbook G3 Series 233 (Main Street or Wall Street)



    Wasnt the original Powerbook G3 a 250 and called kanga



    Apple-history.com shows I can go up to 10.2.4 on the G3 233



    Hmm just realized it only has 64mb of ram, I know osx wants 128 min, but could that mess up the boot from cd proccess?
  • Reply 4 of 8
    mrbilldatamrbilldata Posts: 489member
    I too have a PB Mainstreet ( 233 MHz Wallstreet ).

    I do not recall the error that I had gotten, but I was not able to install 10.2.4 originally either.

    [ I only had 64 MB ]



    I added memory and now have 192 MB [ 128 MB lower, 64 MB upper ].



    10.2.4 would install but was not very stable.



    However, I then redid the install with both a Firewire and USB PCMCIA card inserted. It is many times more stable when I leave the cards in.



    I had wondered if anyone else found this to be true.



    Oh, and yes there is a bar of "static" at the bottom of the desktop, the Contrast button becomes a Volume control, and the floppy, modem and IR do not seem to work using any OS X.



    Good luck.



    [ 03-03-2003: Message edited by: MrBillData ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 8
    muahmuah Posts: 165member
    [quote] Good news: XPostFacto. <hr></blockquote>



    So has anyone had experience running this on an older pci mac (ie 7500)? I would love to run OSX on it. Would a sonnet or newertech g4 and this utilty work well? Anyone have actual experience with this?



    Would I need to install a USB and better video card?
  • Reply 6 of 8
    ti fighterti fighter Posts: 863member
    [quote]Originally posted by MrBillData:

    <strong>However, I then redid the install with both a Firewire and USB PCMCIA card inserted. It is many times more stable when I leave the cards in.



    Oh, and yes there is a bar of "static" at the bottom of the desktop, the Contrast button becomes a Volume control, and the floppy, modem and IR do not seem to work using any OS X.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Thats weird, not having usb and firewire makes OSX freak out.



    So that "static" bar is on the desktop all the time! bummer



    We just had one sitting around the office that I wanted to mess around with, but if I gotta buy ram, a usb, and firewire card then have it not work right anyway, I dunno if its really worth it. Thanks for help though guys!
  • Reply 7 of 8
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    [quote]Originally posted by muah:

    <strong>So has anyone had experience running this on an older pci mac (ie 7500)?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Might be worth having a look over at <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com"; target="_blank">xlr8yourmac</a>, usually Mike's got reports from people doing massively unsupported stuff.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    doxxdoxx Posts: 41member
    [quote]Originally posted by Ti Fighter:

    <strong>Ok so I'm trying to install Jag on a 233 powerbook G3 just for kicks, and I'm having this problem:



    When I try to boot from the disk the new gray apple logo comes up and it looks like its booting, (the circle thing is spinning) then like two bars of black and white "static" appear and stay on the screen. The circle thing keeps spinning but I could leave it there for a half hour and it doesn't get any farther. I just clean installed 9.2, btw. Any advice :confused: </strong><hr></blockquote>



    mmmhhh, I had kind of the same problem when I wanted to do a clean install of Jag on my TiPb. Gray apple, bb spinning and static bs on the screen. The first time I used an install CD copied with Toast. Finally, it worked with an original CD...
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