Previously, at 6:40 PM -0600 11/17/10, Kris Tilford wrote:
>On Nov 17, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Paul Stamsen wrote:
>
>> It sees the disks. Just won't boot from them. I've tried all three
>> methods.
>
>All these posting about whether or not you need XPF and we still don't
>know "what happens" when you try to boot the disc? For example, you
>say "all three methods", but I can think of a lot more than three.
>
Thank you, I'll try to answer your questions:
>If the install disc mounts on the Desktop under your currently
>installed 10.2.3 (why are you not at 10.2.8?), then the first method
>is to double-click the "Install OS X" icon of the install disc.
Double-clicking on the Install button results in a Restart panel which then
results
in the spinning gear ad nauseum.
Cold-starting holding down the "c" key same results.
Cold-starting holding down Command-option-delete-shift results in the blinking
face
question-mark folder, eventually restarts in the current OS 10.2.3.
Selecting the install disk in the startup preferences.
Same results.
I'm on 10.2.3 because that's all I have. I can't find an update with the
minimalist
OS. (I'm sure there is a URL, I judt don't know it. (Knew I shoulda kept a
notebook!)
>XPostFacto is NOT needed for the B&W, but can be very helpful. For
>example, if the installer disc has a system check, XPF "sometimes" can
>bypass that system check, enabling these grey discs to work on any
>Mac. Another thing that XPF can do is enable Firewire booting, which I
>don't believe was supported on the B&W. XPF also offers a GUI for
>enabling certain boot flags permanently, so XPF can add some
>functionality to the B&W that isn't easily available otherwise.
The problem seems to be getting a good copy of the appropriate XPF so far 3.0
or 3.1
can't see the install disk. 4.0 says it is not for this Power PC (as I recall I
am
getting a little foggy in my old age and at this late hour . . .
p.
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