Tom, Use a MacOS 9 install CD to boot the computer, then open the System Folder on the cloned drive, take the fFinder or the System file out of the System Folder, close the folder, then drag the file you just removed from the folder back onto its icon. Once you do that, the file will be put back into the folder, and you should see the MacOS smiley face reappear on the System Folder. You may also want to run Disk Warrior on the drive to repair any boot blocks on the drive. Sometimes that data gets corrupted and might've been corrupted when you cloned the drive in OS X.
What I probably would've done, was to run MacOS 9, opened up the old drive's main folder, copied all the folders/files from that drive to the new drive, then swapped the new drive into the old drive's place on the IDE bus. I've done that before on Macs and have been able to create a bootable drive. -J >I had a hard drive in my Quicksilver that had 9.2.2 on it, which was >useful for booting back into OS-9 when I needed to. I decided to >replace that drive with a bigger one, so I cloned all the contents of >the original hard drive onto a new, larger one, using Disk Utility's >Restore function. (I did this by putting the new, larger drive into the >Mac and setting the jumpers as a slave to the original drive, then >cloning from the master to the slave). > >So, the larger drive is now a clone of the smaller one and has replaced >the smaller one inside the Mac, with its jumpers reset to master. >However, it won't boot back into 9 like the original one will. If I put >the original drive back in the Mac, I can once again boot into 9. Put >the clone in there, and it won't. What's up? Isn't a clone a clone? Why >won't it act cloney? > >Don't I remember something about an OS-9 System folder needing to be >"blessed" or something before it will work? Is that what I need to do? >If so, I need to know the benediction, or whatever you're supposed to >do to it. > >By the way this is a G4 Quicksilver 2002 running 10.3.9. > >Any other thoughts on how I might get this drive to boot back into 9? > >Thanks, > >Tom > -- 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:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
