>I have just replaced the harddrive in a Bondi blue with my old HD from >my DV 400. I attempted to start it up from cd by holding the "c" key >and get the message: > bootr, unknown word >Failed to boot >Apple iMac Open firmware 3.0.13 built on 12/02/98 at 10:25:41 >All rights reserved, etc,
I had this problem. Suggested fixes I found were: 1. Zap PRAM (others have already offered this) 2. Reset the NVRAM (do a search on google for the commands, but ISTR it was "reset-nvram" and "reset-all", as well as a handful of other options such as changing just the boot option both from Open Firmware, and from the OS X command line). 3. Neither of those worked for me, and so I found a last option, repartition the drive. This of course requires blanking the drive, so be sure to fully back up. This was the only thing I found that finally cured it. If your boot partition is larger than about 7.5 GB, this may be your only option as well. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
