Thanx to Dan Stewart; I'll try reinstalling XPF over the X install. To answer your question, it won't boot from the hard drive NOR will it from the install CD.
-Antonio On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 02:47PM, Dan Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>From: Antonio Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>First, I was unable to use either Sonnet's PCI X Installer or Xpost Facto. >>Each would do its thing, and the machine would restart, only to leave me >>with a sleeping monitor > >Have you tried re-running XPostFacto after the install? In other words, >when the OS X install finishes, boot back into OS 9 and run XPF again. >This re-installs the stuff that gets overwritten by the X install. > >It's always worked for me. If I don't do this step, X won't boot here >either after the install. > >After re-reading your message, I'm now not sure where your problem lies. >Are you saying the machine won't boot into OS X *after* the install, or that >the CD won't even boot to *do* the install? If it's the latter, and your >CD drive is SCSI, make sure nothing is conflicting with your CD drive's SCSI >ID. OS X is very picky about SCSI IDs, termination, etc. > >Dan > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > >-- >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/> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store >http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
