On Monday 07 December 2009 04:37:39 jason wrote: > Hey folks. I went to use my pismo that the kids have used for games > and I seem to have a small problem in getting it to boot up from the > 10.4 partition. The 9.2 part boots up just fine, though. > > So in troubleshooting, my 12 year old son and I did the following: > -force it to start up from the 10.4 partition by holding down "x" on > startup. > -reset PRAM several times in a row.(4-5times). > -force start from dvd, to no avail. I tried this same disk with > another pismo and it booted up ok with it. Then used the second > pismo's dvd drive in the defunct pismo, unsuccessful. > > So I'm not exactly sure what next to do. Any ideas? >
The first thing I can think of is to pull the hard drive and try it in the other machine. Also, try unplugging the PRAM battery and booting that way, although I really think that isn't going to work, simply because 9.2 works. I'd try booting from a 9 recovery disc that you may have lying around, to see if the machine just refuses to work with Tiger, or if it's a worse problem. Worst case, you're stuck with a machine that only works in OS 9, which is right where you started. Don't actually recover, obviously. Just make sure the machine can talk to the optical drive. That's all I can think of for now, but stick to non-permanent attempts first, don't freeze the machine and maybe something will work. If not, we're here to help. -- Caleb S. Cupples Sociology Undergraduate, Tennessee Technological University Treasurer, TTU Unix Users Group -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
