>> The only change from when the >> internal OS X worked and doesn't was after I dragged the backup copy >> of the Bondi's OS 9.2.2 to the same volume (myDrive) and ran Startup >> Disk
>That's your "No, No" --- OS9's "Startup Disk" is not set up to handle >booting OSX. There is something that it doesn't get right. Apple has >a 'Revised/ Updated' version of 'Startup Disk' available on their >Downloads site. It'll take you a bit of looking to find it though. Chuck D., I think maybe you misunderstood about the running of Startup Disk (above). I was still in OS X when I ran Startup Disk to boot to OS 9. Doesn't matter, though. What you said about there being an update is good to know. I'll look for it. Your info on the resetting the PRAM and second chime not being the "magic bullet". Also good to know. I had been giving it 3 chimes, but still wasn't having any success. Your 'FIX' using XpostFacto... I decided to take a look at XPF (read the Wikipedia page first, then went to the official site). Read the troubleshooting steps in the online manual about what to do when your machine won't boot anymore. The suggestions were alot of what I've been trying... some old, but some new. Mr. Rempel (author of XPF) also suggested clearing the PRAM several times, removing the battery and unplugging the machine, etc... Hey, why didn't I think of that? I think the battery is shot in this machine anyway. I've noticed, in the past, if I unplugged it for only a few hours I would have to reset the time when I booted up again. That's something to try. Before I did that, I gave the ol' Cmd+Option+p+r one more shot (actually, I gave it 5 more shots). Just as I released the keys, I realized I still had my USB drive attached. Dang!! Oh well... It doesn't look like this is going to work anyway... Flashing ? folder. Another long sigh. Thoughts of opening the iMac to retrieve the hard drive started going through my mind. Just then... Hey, what's this?! I see a OS 9 smiling Mac. It's booting!! And from the USB drive!! I swear it!! The Graphite booted all the way up and looked just like the Bondi where the OS 9 came from (of course). I was still shocked. I looked around. Everything was there. OS X and OS 9 on the internal drive. Blessed OS 9 System Folder. OK, so it booted... but from the USB drive. What's going to happen when the USB has been connected? How will it boot then? Then I remembered what you were saying about the OS 9 Startup Disk not working well with OS X. I'm stuck. How am I ever going to boot to OS X again? I figured, at this point, I can't do any more harm. If it doesn't work, I'm no worse off than I was a few minutes earlier. I'll just reset PRAM again (maybe). I ran the OS 9 Startup Disk. Strange thing... NOW it shows the OS 9 on the USB drive to be running version 9.2.2 and the one on the internal drive to be 9.1.2. There is definitely something screwy going on there. Anyway, clicked Restart (with the USB drive still attached). OS X booted on it's own and didn't use the USB drive (that I can tell). I'm going to give it the real acid test by removing the USB drive later. Anyway, according to Mr. Rempel there is alot of 'blessing' and 'de- blessing' of System Folders going on when OS X and OS 9 are on the same partition. Read this really helped: http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto3.html#partition Also, the section on troubleshooting when the Mac won't boot: http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/Framework.cfm?page=XPostFacto3.html#nostartup So, in the end, it appears that everything is running just fine now. Thank you for all of your assistance and not giving up on me. Now it looks like I need to partition my internal hard drive. But first, I need to make a backup. I'm so confused... I thought that what I was doing the caused all this mess. :) Thanks again. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
