Paul writes, < Have you tried using Conflict Catcher to set up different boot sets?>
I don't even have Conflict Catcher, believe it or not. :-) But I do have some good news -- I can boot my G4 in OS 9 now and it doesn't freeze! The Open Firmware trick worked. It was a little strange when it came up, apparently my flash drive (which I'd used this morning but hadn't yet ejected, and kind of forgot about -- OK I'm ejecting now) decided to rebuild the desktop -- I got a dialog box with its name and it was saying it was rebuilding the desktop. I let it do this, then I got the Setup Assistant -- for once, not frozen. I was able to complete this and go on to recustomize my OS 9 in Control Panels etc.. The menus are usable, the folders open, and so on. Now, I have to figure out why in the hell I got "The Sims Makin' Magic could not be opened because the TextEncodings cannot be found" or whatever prompt. When I can run this game in OS 9 once again, THEN I'll be happy. LOL. About Open Firmware -- In addition to the "voodoo" (i.e., "do it because everything else you tried failed") and how to do it, what I found from Google (a Canadian Mac site) provided what I consider a good explanation as to why I ended up losing OS 9 in the first place. It said, "...when you make a major change to the internals of the computer, such as add new RAM, an upgraded processor, etc., one needs to reset the motherboard. On Old World Macs...one needed to press the CUDA switch to accomplish this task. On New World Macs this is done in the Boot ROM using some commands in Open Firmware. Here are the steps..." Now OK, my Quicksilver G4 867 is a New World Mac, but...yeah it has a CUDA button. Now, since the last time I booted in OS 9 successfully, yes, there were hardware changes -- I bought more RAM and what I thought would be a "better" video card (my G4's RAM is maxed now with 1.5 GB, and the stock NVIDIA GeForce MX3 video card was replaced with a Radeon 9200, which is fine, but ended up not really solving the problem I though it would fix). When my BF installed the RAM and new video card, I did remember to ask him to press the CUDA button and he did, but the idea of resetting the Open Firmware didn't occur to me until TODAY! So OK, I guess CUDA, though it exists on New World Macs, doesn't matter -- what does matter, if I ever have anything else installed in this machine, is to reset the Open Firmware, huh? Whew, but at least I have my 9 back! And, booting into Open Firmware also requires me to use my nose! LOL Thanks to everyone who responded to my pleas of desperation! :-) ~Yersinia. ________ "I am not humble. There, I said it. They're MY opinions, dammit, and I mean them. They may be wrong, and they may change, but they're mine!" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
