Brian,
Number one - when booted, check that the OS 9 "System Folder" is
actually "blessed". It should have a "9" on the "System Folder"
folder.
If it doesn't you need to "bless" it. Lots of sites on the web for
doing so, for an example try:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18611
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106426
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106678
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=218146&page=13&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1
http://depts.washington.edu/sacg/services/workshops/networking/trouble_mac/sys_folder.shtml
http://www.hmug.org/man/1/bless.php
etc. etc. etc. That should do you for a bit to get your 9 System blessed. ;)
PS: You might want to shut down, disconnect ALL peripherals, restart
and try the blessing procedures as you don't mention your whole Mac
situation. ;)
The "floppy icon with a question mark" means your OS 9 "System
Folder" folder is NOT blessed. Or you'll need to reinstall your OS 9
OS. (Check the options when doing so.)
Patrick Mead-Robins
Mac Solutions
(250) 652-1860
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At 4:20 PM -0400 6/16/05, Brian Mahoney wrote:
My beige g3 has both 9.2 and 10.2 on it. I used to be able to boot
to either os, since my scanner only works with 9.2. I've left it for
about a month while I used my 3400c and now it won't boot to 9.2. It
booted fine into 10.2 then I chose 9.2 and since then it won't boot
into anything. I get the floppy icon with a question mark.
I reinstalled 10.2 thinking there was something screwy and it booted
into that just fine but in trying to get into 9.2 again, the same
thing happened.
Is there a key combo that will let me choose a boot os? The only
thing that is different is that the network was disconnected. Would
that throw things off enough to screw up a boot? Any tips would be
cool, thanks.
BM
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