I did try that too; didn't help...
Since it was still on the HD, I assume that they didn't reformat it
when they upgraded to 9.2.2 and then to 10.2... Can you really screw
up your HD by booting in a different OS? I think I'm getting closer;
I'm trying to put XPost Facto on it, since it has a more advanced boot
selector, and I think it runs in OS8...
-Elliott Price
Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara
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On Oct 8, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Dan wrote:
>
> At 9:01 PM -0700 10/7/2009, Elliott Price wrote:
>> Tangerine iMac G3 tray-loader. It had 10.2 installed with Classic.
>>
>> found the original OS8.5.1 system in a Previous System Folder.
>> changed the name to System Folder and restarted on that. Now, I
>> can't restart in 10.2, or 9.2.2!
>
> Try zapping the PRAM.
>
> Hopefully your HD is still intact... System 8.5.1 supports HFS+, but
> there have been quite a few changes since that vers and the one used
> by OS 9 and X.
>
> - Dan.
> --
> - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
>
> >
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