Check your CD drive. Make sure it's the original Apple CD drive that came with your G3 and not an aftermarket one. You cannot install / boot from am OSX disk using anything but a stock Apple drive on the beige. The only way to get it to boot off OS9.2 is to zap the PRAM on the reboot(option+apple+P+R).
----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 27, 2003 6:29 am Subject: Recalcitrant Beige G3 MT with OSX > I have a beige G3 MT 300, 4G drive, 256 mb ram, runs 9.2 ok. I've > determined that the ROM has not been swapped for a Rev 1. The HDD > is on > the ata bus, the SCSI and the Zip drive, apparently, are SCSI (!? > My > desktop 300G3 had no scsi devices...is this a generic difference > between the MT and desktops or was this a bto option of some sort?) > > This machine is , afaik, stock as it came from Apple, save for > added > memory. > > When I try to install OS X (10.2) it trundles along fine through > the > first disk , but when It reboots, all I get is a gray OSX boot > screen > with a circle/slash, which then briefly turns to a OS 9 boot screen > (I > get a happy Mac) and it restarts. (BTW, I checked the disk with the > disk tools on the OSX CD before I installed it last time, > everything > was fine) > > This is the second time I've tried installing OSX on this box, > previously all I got was a blank white screen with an underscore in > the > upper left hand corner of the screen, it wouldn't boot from > *anything*. This was fixed by thoroughly resetting PRAM (leaving > the > battery out overnight, pressing cuda switch for 15 sec) and > installing > a new battery. This *finally* let me boot from the CD, to reformat > the > drive, and install OS 9.2 again) > > t just doesn't want to boot into OSX (or from the OSX CD, though it > will boot from the OS 9 CD). anyone have any ideas here? > > -- > "Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D. > Bruce Johnson > > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <" target="l">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 <" > target="l">http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > G-List list info: <" target="l">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: <" target="l">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
