Will wrote, > > >Eric sputtered >> I have 2 S900s but one is kaput. It has a Sonnet G4 400, 1 GB ram and > > a 40 GB IBM HD, partitioned to 8, 10, 10, 10 GB each. I had system 9.1 > > in the 10 GB partitions. It died suddenly. snip >I was > > prepping this machine for another attempt at OS X when I saw Lyle >> Anderson's post "[SM] Quiver in my back bone" where he was able to >> install X from his Jaguar disks on an S900 without any other of the >> usual necessary preps. Thinking well that sounded too good to be true, >> but I tried to boot from the Jaguar install disk. Nothing. The CD > > light flickered a little and death followed. > >This sounds like classic"OSX Black screen of Death" >The cure is to remove the battery and in plug the machine for a min of >10 min or a bit longer to be safe. Push the Cuda for 30 sec or so put >the battery back in and plug in and a quick cuda push and away you go. >You mentioned testing the battery which likely means you removed it but >no mention of unpluging the machine which is the key thing people often >miss. >It sounds like you may have tried to boot to the OSX CD without using >XPfacto...a big no no. Hope this helps you. Will S
Thanks Will! That saved the day. I now know it's a big no no to try to boot from Jaguar. It's like punishment from Apple. OTOH how did Lyle pull his install off? Lyle is you there? Eric -- 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:supermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:supermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:supermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
