Try holding the option key down during the boot sequence. (OS 8 CD in the drive, of course.)
Jim Jason wrote: > I aquired a beta version of OSX for this computer about a year ago. > When I tried to install it, everything went haywire. Basically now > whenever I boot the machine it says in a white backround/black text "no > bootablehfs partition" over and over and over, and then I get a white > screen with a black mouse that I can move. > > This machine has an ultrawide 4.5gig scsi harddrive that I took out and > formatted for an intel linux machine. I then took it back and put it in > the mac, I don't know if this makes a difference, but I think it was > reformatted to be hfs. I have two external hfs partitioned without OS's > installed on them hard drives that are external scsi. I can't boot from > a mac os8 cdrom to try and install os 8 again, nothing I try works. > > I have a feeling that somehow when I was installing osx a year ago I > messed up the firmware but I'm not sure if I did, and if I did I don't > know how to fix it. > > Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. > TIA > > Please help > Jason > > P.S. If you need any other information, please email me back. > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
