Aloha
I have a beige G3 tower with a 333 chip in it and and a
desktop G3 with a 300 mgz chip in it. The tower didn't like to
install OS10.1.5 or OS 10.2. When I got it installed it would go
to OS9 as the start up everytime. I re-installed OSX w/o 9 and it
wouldn't boot.
I finally ended up pulling the pram battery and leaving it
out for hours. Put it back in and then hit the Cuda button for a
min. or so. That worked starting up on the CD and it installed OK.
Jaguar runs ok... a bit slow, a new video card would help.
I have worked on other G3's that the only way to install OSX
was to pull everything out ( ram, rom, battery, memory, cables, video
card, pci card(s), ziff etc ) and leave it out overnight. Put it all
back and did the cuda button and no problem.... That method has
worked many times customers have given up.
I have worked on G3's that installed OSX like it loved it.
For the first partition. 8GB...... I have read that it
should be a tad under 8 GB and not at 8GB.
Also....be sure that the install of OSX is done after writing
zero's ( apple's disk formatting, options.)
I have heard that there have been problems with installing over an
old install etc.
Hope this helps
Steve
>I've a beige G3 minitower that once ran OS 9.2.1 and OS X 10.1.5 with a
>PowerLogix G4/450 upgrade CPU installed. Attempts to upgrade to 10.2 have
>proven difficult to say the least. On those occasions when the installer
>completes, the machine fails to find the boot partition on which 10.2 is
>installed.
>
>The machine has been restored to its original condition, which includes a
>G3/266 CPU, Rev. A ROM, a SCSI card, a personality card, and an ATA hard
>drive (set to master on the first ATA bus), and the original Apple CD-ROM
>(on the second ATA bus). No go.
>
>It has been stripped to the bare essentials (no SCSI card, personality
>card, or other PCI card, one stick of original RAM). No go.
>
>Every component has been replaced, one by one, except the case. (We've
>verified that those same components work under OS X 10.2 in another
>identical beige G3 minitower, too, so it doesn't appear as if it's any
>individual component.) No go.
>
>I've tried another identical motherboard, and no go.
>
>Yes, OS X is being installed on the first partition of the HD that is less
>than 8mb.
>
>Yes, we've tried the HD jumpers in the Master, Slave Cable Select and
>totally open positions.
>
>Right now, the SCSI bus on the motherboard is open (the cable was removed
>to improve air flow), but that shouldn't make any difference, should it?
>
>Yes, I have only one drive per bus.
>
>Yes, I've zapped the PRAM. Often.
>
>I'm at a loss on this machine. Does anyone have any suggestions for other
>things to try?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Francis Drouillard, PE
>OPAC Consulting Engineers, Inc.
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