On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Yersinia wrote:
> Having tried to boot from a copy of my "original" OS 9 system folder > which I'd put on the OS X HD for safekeeping just prior to doing the > OS 9 > reinstall Sat night (and which my G4 had also been running Classic > Mode > from since then when I was in OS X), the Mac will ONLY boot in OS 9, > and > it boots, but as soon as the menu items and desktop icons appear, it > locks up/freezes. Hold the SHIFT key at startup to disable the extensions and it should complete the startup hopefully? > I nerve-pinch shutdown, but even when I'm holding down > the mouse key and power button at the same time, OS 9 just boots (and > freezes) again -- and the G4 does not spit out the CD it's got so I > can > put my Tiger DVD in. If you can startup in OS 9, eject the CD, if you're keyboard doesn't have an Eject key, the F12 key held sometimes works? Some versions of OS 9's Startup Disk don't work for OS X. If your G4 has the current firmware you should be able to use the Option key to select whatever bootable device you wish at startup. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
