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I'm working on an iMac that will not boot. I get an error message that says "This startup disk will not work on this Macintosh model. Use latest installer to update this disk." Of course I tried to boot with a CD, I tried the original iMac CD, a Disk warrior CD, and a USB Zip disk with OS9.1 on it. It seemed to ignore whatever disk I had in and try to start from the hard drive which it says has an invalid startup disk. I can't get to the open firmware startup manager using the option key. I zapped PRAM, reset NVRAM with no help. I also tried apple>option>shift>delete to select the non-startup disk. Then I got serious. First I replaced the CD-ROM drive, because the owner said she had had some problems with it lately. That didn't help at all. So, then I replaced the hard drive with a known good used drive that I had initialized and zeroed with OSX's disk utility. Of course this didn't work and all I got was a flashing question mark. The computer still won't recognize any CD or Zip as bootable. When I was in open firmware I ran devalias and it sees the hard drive and CD-ROM. Can anyone think of anything else I can try? I appreciate all of your help. Thanks, Bill -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
