The only thing I can think would be that the CD's you're trying to boot from are damaged. Can you
1) Boot from those CD's on another machine? 2) Boot from other CD's on your machine? It sounds like the answer to 2) is yes which makes me suspect that the CD's are probably at fault. I bought some dirt cheap CD-R's one time and after about 2 months, I started having trouble with them not mounting, not booting like you said. They aren't scratched or anything they just aren't working. If your DiskWarrior and Jaguar CDs are actual retail disks I would look into getting replacements as it is possible that these CD's are no good. Try them on another machine to confirm. It sounds like you've done all the right troubleshooting to narrow it down to this, as a possibility anyway. Larry Jorgenson Humboldt, SK Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: John Slavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 20, 2004 9:20 am Subject: More Beige G3 system cd boot problems > > I'm still having problems with my Beige g3 that I upgraded to > Jaguar. > I was going to run DiskWarrior, but it won't boot off the CD. So > then > I tried to launch the Jaguar system CD (which I had installed from > just > a few days before), and it won't boot. It displays the same > behavior > on both CDs It starts to launch and the grey screen with the > apple in > the center comes up and then 15-20 seconds later, it hangs. I > can't > figure it out. I've removed all cards, reset PRAM, reset CUDA, > swapped > out the CDROM drive, swapped out the PRAM battery. Same symptoms > every > time. Interestingly, it will boot the OS9system CD and the old > Mac OS > X 10.0 CD. It also goes back and forth between 9 and 10.2.8 on > separate partitions just fine. The only anomaly I see is that > sometimes a CD won't appear on my desktop in 9, until I restart on > the > 9 system CD. Also, when I removed the ATI Rage 128 card and went > to > the onboard video, it wouldn't boot at all off the CD, but it > would off > the hard drive in both 9 and X 10.2.8. This is really weird. I > posted > about this the other day, but I didn't get any comments, but > obviously > I've done a little more troubleshooting. Any thoughts? > > John Slavin > Kirksville, MO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > 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 "" > Send list messages to: <')" >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <')" >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <')" >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <')" >[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
