Yes, absolutely. The limitation you are referring actually affects installs that are not within the first 8GB of the partition.
With that being the case though, that still couldn't be the problem. I can consistently reproduce the following steps: 1.) Manually reset PRAM by removing battery for 10 minutes, then pressing the power button on the CRT (with it unplugged). 2.) Reset the CUDA 3.) Reassemble and power one. The machine boots up normally into OS 9. 4.) Shut down 5.) Power back on. Machine emits the startup tone, but absolutely no video on the screen (and an amber power light). The hard drive is accessed pretty intensively during this period as if it was actually still trying to boot up. 6.) Repeat steps 1 - 5. :-) I've tried this at least 3 times with the same result each time. I've found evidence that such an issue as the one I'm experiencing could possibly be caused by a dead PRAM battery: http://www.geocities.com/texas_macman/pram.html If you look about halfway down, you'll see an entry for "Nothing on display, OR no power at all". The first given solution is to reset the PRAM, followed by resetting the CUDA (exactly what I'm doing). The next given solution is replacing the battery, which I'm about to do. :-) I've got a PRAM battery on order from OWC. Just after I placed the order though I realized that I have the exact same battery in my PowerMac G3. I'm going to swap that into the iMac today and see what happens. Wish me luck! Aaron P. On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Gerald Uhlan<[email protected]> wrote: > > Did you partition the new drive? The OS MUST reside entirely within the > first 4 or 6 GB (I forget which) of physical disc space. > > On 7/25/09 8:12 PM, "Aaron Parker" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I got a steal on an original Bondi Blue iMac G3 last week for $20 and >> have been loving playing around with OS 9. It's been working >> perfectly fine for the last week or so--no issues whatsoever. >> >> The 4GB hard drive was a little tight though, so I opted to throw an >> extra 20GB drive in there this afternoon that I had lying around. The >> install was a piece of cake. Unfortunately, I'm now having some very >> odd video issues. >> >> After reassembling the computer, it fires up fine the first time. I >> get the startup tone, normal video, and the computer boots up just >> fine (I even got OS9 put back on after this initial boot). >> Unfortunately, that's where the problems start. As soon as you shut >> the machine down and restart, you then lose video until you manually >> reset the PRAM and press the CUDA reset button on the mainboard. >> >> I've reproduced this exact scenario at least 3 times now and it works >> the same way every time--reset the PRAM, reset the CUDA, machine >> powers on normally, restart--no video. I'm still getting the startup >> sound and it sounds as if the computer is booting up normally even >> when I don't get video (lots of HD activity), it's just that I'm >> getting a completely blank screen (with an amber light). >> >> Any ideas? Would a bad PRAM battery cause such issues? The >> likelihood that it would just so happen to manifest itself after my >> upgrade is suspect to me though. >> >> Thanks! >> Aaron > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
