On Wednesday, June 19, 2002, at 12:58 AM, Justin Ramirez wrote: >> If it booted a Beige G3, it may not have a recent enough OS, or the >> incorrect Mac OS ROM file, to boot your powerbook. Make a new CD that >> has >> at least 9.0.4 and preferably 9.1 just to be safe. > > This has happened with a cd that was burned (burnt?) a while ago (it has > 9.0.4 on it I believe) and with a cd that was burned in OS X just > today. I tried it a few times with no luck. > > Just for your info., it's Verbatim media and I used Toast to burn it. > Also, it saw the CD in the Startup Disk pane as a valid startup > disk...but when either choosing the CD from the Startup Disk pane or > holding the "c" key when starting up, it always just boots from my hard > drive.
If the computer boots to a commercial CD, then there's not likely anything wrong with the PowerBook, but rather it's likely that it's something wrong with the CD you're using and/or the way it was burned. Since it boots another computer, I'm assuming that you're using decent media and you're burning it correctly. That narrows it down to the system software that's going onto the CD. where is this system software coming from? What was used to create the image you're burning? Was it straight off the CD that came with another computer? Did you use the OS 9 installer to install a system folder onto the image? -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
