G'day from Oz, Alex I suppose you've tried something as simple as booting with the CD in the drive and holding the 'c' key down?
You just haven't mentioned it, that's all. Once 8.5 is installed, don't zap pram, or you may not be able to boot back into Jag. I've had some advice on how to overcome this problem, but am waiting for more info before I post. If you actually install 9.2.2, somehow 8.5 is offered as a boot-up system from Jag. Never tried it, but it seems as though both are installed once Jag is installed. You might have to re-install Jag afterwards though. Anyone know why 8.5 shows up, or if it actually boots? Regards Santa On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 12:16 AM, Alexander Cohen wrote: > Hello, > > I have the latest OSX installed on my computer, it's been there for > about a month. Now i want to install OS8.5 onto another partiton, but i > can't for the life of me get my computer to boot off the OS8.5 install > CD. I've tried everything. Zapping the pram, removing all hard drives > and booting from the CD, removing the battery for while, putting it > back and booting from CD. Is there any reason i should not be able to > boot off an install CD? What can make this happen? I tried putting the > CD in and switching the startup disk to it, but it just reverts back. I > even copied all of the install cd contents to an empty partition and > tried to boot off that partiton, but the computer always switches back > to the OSX partiton to boot off of. I know the install CD is good and > bootable, i can use it to boot in another mac. Please help!!!!! > > The computer is a blue and white G3. > > thanx, > Alex > > > -- > 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 > > -- 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
