On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Dana Collins wrote:
QS DID boot up off the OS 9.22 (universal install) CD (so that install
of the OS was successful)
I don't believe there's such as thing as a 9.2.2 universal install CD.
The final "retail" OS 9 disc was the OS 9.1 disc that's white with the
orange/yellow "9" on it. This disc installs OS 9.1 and is the only
"universal" disc I'm aware of. It requires both a 9.2.1 and a 9.2.2
update to reach the final OS 9.2.2 installation.
There were quite a few of the grey OS 9.2.1 discs that shipped with
most of the G3 & G4 Macs that came with OS X as the original OEM OS.
The only 9.2.2 discs I'm aware of came with the MDD and were specific
to the MDD. There's also the free download of the 9.2.2 netboot OS X
installer package:<http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1192> If you use
this, remove the two "netboot" extensions from the System
Folder>Extensions Folder.
but on the subsequent restart was treated to my "black screen of
death"
It sure sounds like what you're calling your "black screen of death"
is simply a computer that isn't finding a bootable drive. Normally a
Mac would eventually default back to a firmware screen with an icon of
a folder with a flashing "?" on it. Since you're not seeing this, and
you've said the HDs aren't doing anything, it doesn't seem likely to
me that it's a video card issue. It seems like a PRAM/NVRAM issue. You
should reset the NVRAM using these instructions:
1)Boot holding the Cmd-Opt-O-F keys
2)at the Open Firmware prompt, type:
set-defaults<Return>
reset-all<Return>
where <Return> means to hit the Return key
You should see a response of "ok" to the 1st command, and a restart
after hitting the Return key of the 2nd command.
Hopefully this will straighten out your startup disk issues. If not,
you may have a bad HD or other hardware issue?
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