XPost Facto worked great for me-only issue was upon original installation, OSX garbled the monitor resolution. I walked away from it in frustration thinking that it didn't work and went on to do something else and forgot about it.
When I came back, OS X had corrected the monitor settings and was prompting me to continue with the install. Oh yeah, this was with the TwinTurbo 128 video card & a PowerLogix G3/350, and a SCSI 6GB partition. Also, boot holding down the OPTION key only, that should get you back to OS 9. HMM, Do you have OS 9 on the same or separate partition? If not, partition the disk to split them up. Do you still have the original SCSI HD in (2GB FIREBALL)? If so, try to install OS X on it, after you've backed up everything, maybe make a 2GB partition on the 9.1 GB HD ad just copy files over to it then wipe it and OS X it. One other thing I have done that I haven't heard mention of, is I installed OS X on an external Disk from a 7600 and it booted fine (w/ XPF) on my 8500 and my S900. Also maybe try an older or newer version of XPF? Good Luck Dono' *************** In a message dated 8/15/02 9:53:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I posted something similar to this a few days ago, but no one seemed interested. So, here goes again, with more detail and (I hope) a clearer explanation. Attempting to install OS 10.0.3 (via 9.1 and XPF) on a dedicated 9GB partition on my IBM 80MB IDE/ATA HD. Running into many many problems. Need help! Please note I've done all the apparently required things: -- Removed the Radeon 7000 card; running with TT128 -- Removed the Keyspan USB card; running without USB -- Flashed the UltraTek66 card with the OSX update -- When in trouble, have done the resets, voodoo dance, etc XPF is set as follows: -- verbose mode -- auto-boot checked -- input-device keyboard -- output-device IMS, tt128mb However, I can't get as far as the OSX Install interface. All I see in verbose mode is endless SCSI bus resets, ending with the looped message: "Still waiting for root device" (... which never seems to arrive). [BTW, in non-verbose mode (or whatever it's called), I get the spinning rainbow basketball with a broken-folder Mac]. Worse yet, when trying to reboot into OS 9.1, I now get a black screen, with the message "NVRAM string value is too big can't open can't open can't open Finally, the screen will clear, and there's the blinking question mark. Have tried every key combination restart known to humankind to get back to 9.1. Nothing works. I'm going to replace the battery and do the CUDA this morning ... think that will fix the NVRAM? But, equally importantly, why does the install program wait for the root device that never comes? What/where is this root device it speaks of, and why is it hiding? Help! Will S, Howie, are you out there? -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
