Bob Freitas, One other practical tip, after you repartition, install OS 9 first, then OS X. The OS 9 installer won't install over OS X, so if you install OS X first, that also sends you back to Square One. But, having two partitions is your problem, the exact same thing happened to me! The machine was fubar right after a clean install on two partitions. I repartitioned into one big partition, installed 9.2 and 10.2, no problems.
Regards, Freytag On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 01:11 PM, Freytag wrote: > Yeah, I had all kinds of problems with that setup too. Turns out Apple > says specifically that you should install OS X and OS 9 in the _same_ > partition. When I repartitioned and installed them both in the same > partition, problems vanished. Setup is now OS X 10.2 & OS 9.2 on a > beige G3 (orig 300 MHz, so a C ROM) w/ an Apple G4/400 MHz CPU. I have > the OS on the original 8 GB SCSI drive, and a 57 GB IDE drive > installed. > > Give that a try, and let us know how it works out for you... > > And one other thing, before installing, be sure your Energy Saver, > Screen Saver, etc. are OFF. Otherwise the machine has the annoying > habit of sleeping during the install. If that happens, it's back to > Square One. > > On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 12:47 PM, Bob Freitas wrote: > >> I've had a similar boot problem on my G3 beige mt (with a sonnet >> G4-450mhz upgrade). I can't zap the PRAM while in Jaquar, when I do, >> it >> restarts in OS 9. There is nothing that I've found to get back to OS X >> except restart on the Jaquar CD and do an "upgrade", basically >> installing a "fresh" system under OS 9. >> This "upgrade" doesn't affect internet connection or other software, >> only a new (hopefully) clean OS. >> If I zap the pram again, it's back to OS 9. Startup Disk shows the OS >> X >> partition, but refuses to boot on it. I have the original 6gig hd >> partitioned in two, the first for OS X, the second for 9. There are no >> other internal hds, and only firewire hds attached. >> Has anyone else had a problem like this? >> Or a solution? >> Is zapping the pram now a no-no? >> Thanks, >> Bob > -- 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:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
