Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3
Jun 25, 2011 05:57:11 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: You have to "install" the XPF extensions onto the newly installed OS X System software because the initial installation is "clean" or "vanilla". The easiest way to do this is boot OS 9.x and use XPF to "Install Everything" onto the newly installed OS X System, then use XPF to select the new System as the startup partition, and reboot. I'd also recommend setting the XPF Options to Input device:keyboard, Output device:monitor(or your Radeon card), and check the "verbose" flag. Should restart and ask for the 2nd disc. If I were you I'd forget about Panther, and start over with Tiger. Tiger 10.4.11 runs fine, and is faster and MUCH better supported by current applications than Panther. When I try to boot back into OS 9 (which is on my other drive) after the OS Xinstallation hangs up following the first disc, it hangs at the happy Mac icon. The only way for me to get back to OS 9 is to boot from the OS 9 CD or a Norton Utilities CD. XPF options are set as you indicate. Believe me, I'd much rather run Tiger, and that is the goal. But my Tiger install disc is an upgrade version which requires the computer to already have Panther on it. I'm just completely baffled and frustrated by this problem. I installed and ran Tiger (10.4.11) on this computer, which has a Sonnett G4 500 MHz processor,for months -- years -- without any issues until recently. In fact, it was the most reliable computer I've ever owned. I simply cannot understand why it has gone bad. And now, following this last attempt, my USB card has quit working, even with all the USB extensions loading. Michael McMurtrey Carrollton, TX -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3
On Jun 25, 2011, at 10:14 AM, skyking...@verizon.net wrote: When I try to boot back into OS 9 (which is on my other drive) after the OS X installation hangs up following the first disc, it hangs at the happy Mac icon. The only way for me to get back to OS 9 is to boot from the OS 9 CD or a Norton Utilities CD. Try a PRAM Reset between OS's --- Thats helped for me. Chuck D. XPF options are set as you indicate. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Intel Mac PPC apps
Well, I'm seriously considering upgrading from my Mini G4 to an Intel Mini. A quick google suggests that with Rosetta or other such utilities one can effortlessly run PPC apps in Snow Leopard on an Intel cpu. Also, what about Classic apps. ? There's one I just can't live without, viz. INCONTROL no ToDo/Calendar app like it anywhere that I can find. Comments and experience appreciated. Cliff Love's Point Blog: http://4lovespoint.wordpress.com/ (new post 5/31/11) Peace-Gardens.us:http://peace-gardens.us/ (updated regularly) Not-Two-Is-Peace: http://www.ispeace723.org/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Intel Mac PPC apps
On 6/25/11 3:32 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: Well, I'm seriously considering upgrading from my Mini G4 to an Intel Mini. A quick google suggests that with Rosetta or other such utilities one can effortlessly run PPC apps in Snow Leopard on an Intel cpu. Also, what about Classic apps. ? There's one I just can't live without, viz. INCONTROL no ToDo/Calendar app like it anywhere that I can find. Comments and experience appreciated. Cliff It's looking like Lion Rosetta aren't going to work together, however. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Reinstalling OS 10 on a Beige G3
On Jun 25, 2011, at 9:14 AM, skyking...@verizon.net wrote: When I try to boot back into OS 9 (which is on my other drive) after the OS X installation hangs up following the first disc, it hangs at the happy Mac icon. The only way for me to get back to OS 9 is to boot from the OS 9 CD or a Norton Utilities CD. It should boot any valid OS 9 System by holding the Option key at boot time. Believe me, I'd much rather run Tiger, and that is the goal. But my Tiger install disc is an upgrade version which requires the computer to already have Panther on it. You may convert the upgrade DVD into a full install DVD: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/12/12791/ Read the comments for Tiger info. I'm just completely baffled and frustrated by this problem. I installed and ran Tiger (10.4.11) on this computer, which has a Sonnett G4 500 MHz processor, for months -- years -- without any issues until recently. In fact, it was the most reliable computer I've ever owned. I simply cannot understand why it has gone bad. And now, following this last attempt, my USB card has quit working, even with all the USB extensions loading. Beige are flakey and difficult. I once had one I had to strip down to NOTHING except a optical drive and RAM to get a CD to boot. Then I added back a HD and finally installed. VERY frustrating. I'd recommend remembering to install an L2 cache enabler such as Sonnet Cache as quickly as possible because no L2 will make the boot process unbearably slow. I feel your frustration, I always felt like the Beige was a house of cards. Now my house of cards is a hackintosh, and it's nearly a frustrating sometimes, but the speed is way better than any Beige. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
More mass bounced emails...
Got another huge boatload of bounced emails today from trinettejohn...@fuse.net - some dating as far back as August of last year. This also happened around April 19 of this year. Thanks, Dan ___ Dan Palka | INFO-MAC | w: info-mac.org | e: d...@info-mac.org | p: 312.857.6522 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Verify/Repair Fail, Drive Genius also Fails
I think I wasn't clear. The DA I have has a Sonnet Tempo 133 card. What I replaced was the controller board on the hard drive. Are you saying there is a patch to fix this? Mark Murphy On Jun 24, 2:51 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:34 PM, smac0031 wrote: This is a 300GB drive. Reading Drive Genius shows this thing to have screwed up block allocation. I think it says it has 127GB and change capacity. This is an LBA48 error, you've got a controller that only supports up to 128GB and a larger HD. This should be fixable. What's the model of the Mac? You can do the LBA48 firmware patch to fix this: http://nanchatte.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/128gb-large-hdd-lba48-suppo... -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Trinettes Johnson
About the time the latest rash of bounced emails started, my ISP, Fuse, completely fell apart died. Hopefully their latest meltdown is ended. http://www.cincinnatibell.com/consumer/internet/fuse_dial_up/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
