I've got a Rev 1 BW I received for a song, and I'm a little confused
about its hard drive controller issues. It seems, after some Googling
around here and xlr8yourmac, like the slave on the fast controller is
always bad news, and that occasionally even the single HD on that
controller can become
On 4/11/10, Ruffin rufw...@gmail.com wrote:
I do vaguely recall thinking that using Yellow Dog sidestepped some of
the driver issues, but I can't find that now.
you can download the latest cd version of yellowdog Linux here:
http://ydl.oregonstate.edu/iso/yellowdog-5.0.2-20070711.iso
latest
My PowerMac here is going crazy. First thing that happened was i couldn't
boot into OS9, so i tried booting the OS9 CD i have (that i installed
with) and it wouldn't boot. Then it started being really unstable in OSX
(kernelpanics, but i couldn't find a kext in the crash log) so I tried
Just off the top of my head sounds like either a problem with your optical
drive, harddrive, or both. Could be a bad cable (if both devices are on the
same cable) or a controller card issue.
Albert Carter
Reston, VA 20194
From: Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com
On Apr 11, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
My PowerMac here is going crazy. First thing that happened was i
couldn't boot into OS9, so i tried booting the OS9 CD i have (that i
installed with) and it wouldn't boot. Then it started being really
unstable in OSX (kernelpanics, but i
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:47:16 -0500, Bill Connelly
billycarm...@verizon.net wrote:
How old is your PRAM battery?
Brand new
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On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
It isn't the hard drive because it was in my PC about two weeks ago
and chugging along just fine (i even remember checking the SMART
status when it was in there just before i swapped it..) Both
devices are on different cables and i have them
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:13:30 -0500, JOHN CARMONNE carmo...@aol.com wrote:
On Apr 11, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
Can you boot the machine with TDM or an external drive?
Nope, the BW G3s cant do TDM.
If not I would disconnect every cable and remove the PRAM battery along
with
On Apr 11, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Kasey Smith wrote:
My PowerMac here is going crazy. First thing that happened was i
couldn't boot into OS9, so i tried booting the OS9 CD i have (that i
installed with) and it wouldn't boot. Then it started being really
unstable in OSX (kernelpanics, but i
Hello,
You changed drives? I would check the connectors on the drive and
motherboard to see if they are properly seated. I had the same
problem when one of the connectors was improperly seated.
On Apr 11, 2010, at 7:29 PM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
If not I would disconnect every cable and
On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:24 AM, Frank J. R. Hanstick wrote:
Hello,
You changed drives? I would check the connectors on the drive and
motherboard to see if they are properly seated. I had the same
problem when one of the connectors was improperly seated.
Are the drives jumpered
Did someone ask if you can boot from the OS 9 CD?
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:40:32 -0500, Bill Connelly
billycarm...@verizon.net wrote:
Did someone ask if you can boot from the OS 9 CD?
No, i said that i couldn't. The machine booted from the CD before and my
two iMacs and the G3 AIO can boot from it. I'll have to mess with this
more
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