Thanks, Hamlin, but the cable is not the problem because when I choose the 'MacOS' boot option, I boot into the OS9 (second) partition of the said internal drive. I really (as an amateur) suspect some files in the OSX system folder (or what passes for such) that tell the ROM (a physical DIMM) to recognize the HDD driver (among other things). And Jim, I heard Apple will discontinue supporting the Beige series next year so don't expect much. Hamlin, my config is: Beige DT Rev.A, 768 MB Ram, 400 MHz Mercury CPU from OWC. Cheers George
--- Hamlin Krewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > > Can you give us the exact setup of your computer? > The more information on > your hardware the better we can help. > > I recently (just a couple of days ago) installed > Jaguar and ran into some > problems of my own. When I tried booting from the > CD, the system would start > up and show the OS 9 happy mac (normal for a X > install on a Beige) and then > reboot to start from the CD. Accept, when it > rebooted it again showed the OS > 9 happy mac. My computer got stuck in a repeating > loop. > > As it turned out, the drive cable that my CD and one > internal drive were > connected to was twisted in such a way that the two > didn't always show up on > the bus. Thus when it restarted and tried to find > the CD, it couldn't. It > only found the drive on the second bus with the OS 9 > system folder. > > What I'm trying to say is that it often is the small > things that cause the > biggest problems with our computers. > > Has anything changed (hardware-wise) on your > computer since the last time it > successfully booted? Have you opened the case at all > between the last > successful boot and the current issues? Have there > been any software changes > just before your issue started? >> > Hamlin > MacCSE > ===== /'\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in email X No Word docs in email / \ Respect for open standards Love your neighbour as yourself. (from Luke 10:27) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
