On Sep 6, 2008, at 2:09 AM, lrbarrios wrote:
> > I just connected the USB drive, with the new copy of 9.2.2 to the > Graphite and see the same problem. Option+Power On still only shows > the OS 9 from the internal drive and nothing else. Why doesn't it > show the OS X that's also on the drive. Because the 'Initial Pre-Boot' system that is running doesn't find a 'bootable OSX' to show u. > Nothing from the USB drive > shows up either. It only shows partitions with 'bootable' (as far as it's concerned) systems. > I'm starting to think that I'm totally hosed. It > looks like I may have open the Graphite and remove the internal drive > to connect via USB to another iMac. I don't know what this will do > for me, but it might be my only option at this point. If getting an > upgrade disk from 'I love Macs' will solve the problem, I'm certainly > interested in exploring that possibility. Ultimately, I guess I need > to acquire an OS X install CD. I'm just trying to get up and running > right now. Is it possible to do a NetBoot at this point? I don't > even know what the requirements are. I have a PowerBook G4 running OS > X as well. I'll have to dust it off, but if I could get NetBoot to > work just to get my Graphite running, that would be great. The PowerBook G4 would handle the 'download' of the '.dmg' files for the 'netboot' installation. THEN, the problem is getting those (14 I think) files to the 'desktop' of the Bondi. From there it's just a 'Click' away. > > Lonnie. > > On Sep 6, 12:23 am, lrbarrios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sep 6, 12:06 am, Charles Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On >> Sep 6, 2008, at 12:53 AM, lrbarrios wrote: >>> That one I don't know about. You say the Bondi is 9.2.2, is that >>> what >>> shows on the 'about' screen? Or just what you remember doing? >>> [Probably the about screen, you did say you looked.] >> >>> Chuck D. >> >> 9.2.2 is definitely what both Bondi and the Blueberry iMacs are >> running. The About screen shows this AND Startup Disk shows this. >> Startup Disk shows 9.1.2 for the copied version. I just copied it >> again and it says the same thing. The System Folder has the 'two >> faces'. I guess that means it's blessed. >> >> One thought that I had... short of removing the Graphite's internal >> drive and connecting it to another Mac for inspection... Could I >> get a >> Firewire enclosure for the, what is now USB drive, and maybe be able >> to boot the OS X from the Graphite backup partition? >> >> One more thing... Previously I said SuperDuper! wouldn't run on the >> 9.2.2 Bondi. This is partly incorrect. It's just a .dmg file on the >> CD. I can't do anything with it on the plain vanilla 9.2.2 >> install on >> the Bondi. Is there a way to mount this image file so that I >> *may* be >> able to actually launch SuperDuper! and do a REAL backup that may be >> bootable on the Graphite to get around the real problem that the >> Graphite having (not being able to boot OS 9)? Thanks. >> >> Lonnie. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
