On Feb 7, 2010, at 6:49 AM, John Carmonne wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:28 AM, classical wrote: > >> On 2010-02-07 14:01 +1100, classical wrote: >> >>> On 2010-02-06 17:09 -0800, John Carmonne wrote: >>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2010, at 4:57 PM, classical wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2010-02-06 06:26 -0800, John Carmonne wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi All >>>>>> I'm having a little trouble getting a volume on my Wally to boot via >>>>>> XPostfacto. I put in a 60 GB drive and partitioned it as follows. >>>>>> >>>>>> !. 6.55 GB XpostFacto Helper OS 9.2.2 OS 10.3 >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. 42.83 GB OS 10.4.11 OS 9.2.2 >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. 6.13 GB OS 8.6 >>>>>> >>>>>> I can boot OK from #1 and then boot from a FireWire shirt drive that >>>>>> has the volume on it that I want to reside on theWally #2 partition. >>>>>> But after CCC to the drive XPosFacto sees the volume but it has a no go >>>>>> symbol on it and will not boot. >>>>> >>>>> Have you got the helper drive selected in XPF drop down menu? >>>> Yes I select the XPostfacto helper and boot it and the I try to boot the >>>> 40+ volume but I can't select it because it's blocked by a caution symbol, >>>> But I can boot that volume from an external drive. >>>> >>>> >>>> John Carmonne >>>> Yorba Linda USA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> In the dialog box: >>> The 40GB volume should be highlighted in the list at left. >>> OS-X should be chosen via radio button at top right. >>> Immediately below that, the helper volume should be selected from the drop >>> down list. >>> >>> If there is still a no-go symbol on the 40GB volume, there may be some >>> hidden system files or resources missing, or perhaps permissions issues? >>> Check this out: >>> http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html >>> >> >> >> Further to the above, I forgot to ask: >> Did you try the XPF commands under the 'Cache' menu? >> > I don't know what to do with them. >> > The real PITA here is that about 4 weeks ago I used XPostFacto for the first > time on my Wally. It worked easy and perfectly with Tiger. I had two > partitions, one was a helper with OS9 and the other had OS9.2.2 and Tiger. I > could even boot from an external FireWire drive. > > Since I put in a 60GB drive with three partitions when I boot 9 and choose > XPostFacto to boot OSX all the volumes have a caution symbol. But if i select > the OSX on the helper that has a caution sign it will boot into Tiger. If I > select the Tiger on the 40GB volume that also has a caution sign all I get is > a white screen??? > > I have done every method of copying these volumes to this drive with the > same results. It will not even allow me to select the install disk to try and > do a clean install and start all over,PITA. > I wonder if there is an issue with the 60GB drive. It works in the TiBooks > and any other machine I hook it to. > > I still have the original 20GB drive that I did the XPost facto on so next > I'll put it back in and see how it acts. I need the 60GB drive though because > of the 40 GB Tiger and OS9.2.2 combination. >
> <Am I correct in assuming that "Old World" machine is indicative of a pre PPC > Mac?> > > Yes, but some PPCs are New World Macs too. IIRC the first New World Mac > desktop was the G3 B&W, and the first New World Mac laptop was the Powerbook > Lombard. > > ~Yersinia. OK then I assume that a Wallstreet is an "OLD WORLD" machine? That may explain the trouble I'm having with a 60 GB drive in my Wally with XPostfacto. maybe I need to use the drive setup on my OS9 install disk? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- 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/
