Frank Stadmeyer wrote: > Listers, > I apparently did something wrong to my G3 and now it won't boot. > > To begin, I ran Norton System works and it said I had a bad fat and I > needed to run Volume recover. so I started the volume recover from the > CD but it was Disk Warrior not Norton. I realized that and when it said > it was ready to copy the files over I just quit because that wasn't what > I wanted to do. Now the whole system is hosed . It won't boot, I > can't boot it from the Norton CD. I can boot it from the Disk Warrior CD > and it sees the disk and has done some repair. The first time it said I > may not be able to boot the computer and would have to reinstall the > system software. Subsequent checks have gone OK with some file repairs. > The primary system disk is always seen but I can't boot. I ran Disk > Utility and it found nothing. I tried to reinstall OSX but it quit > unexpectedly when it goes looking for which HD to install it on. > > The system: > B&W G3 450 > 512 meg Ram > 9 Gig SCSI primary > 80 Gig ATA Data > 9 Gig SCSI Backup (Not backed up yet!) > > This a new to me computer and there is a bunch of software on the > primary HD that I haven't backed up yet so I'd like to not lose it. > The second 9Gig came out of a PM7500 and has OS 9.1 on it but it's on an > Adaptec 2940 card so I don't think I can boot from it. I did that > because the connector on the HD didn't match what was on the SCSI card > in the G3.
First off all, don't install Norton Systemworks on your Mac, just run it from the CD. Second try pressing the CUDA button on the mobo, it's the reset button for your mobo, it's located on the left and in front of the PCI slots, you see two buttons, it's the right one, press it for a few seconds. See if it boots. Also you should be able to boot off the SCSI HD connected to the Adaptec 2940UW card as long if it's a card with a Mac ROM. Try holding down Apple-Alt-Shift-Backspace at boot to search for another boot volume. If you can't get the HD to mount after running DiskWarrior then I think you're out of luck, either the directory is completely hosed or the drive has bitten the bullet... * * -- 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
