CyberdogIbook wrote, >so you got OSX on the box or no? you said OS9 is back on, but if Jaguar >did not install, then you did not fix the error. snip > > Fixed! Took the drive away from the S900 that was stuck and hooked >> up to my other working S900. Installed the OS 9.1 on the drive and >> then put it back in the stuck S900. It worked! What was the >> problem? Beats the **** out of me. Or you can't know everything. >> Moral of the story? If you are going to play with getting OS X on an >> S900, it helps to have another working S900 around to test cables, >> ram, etc. otherwise you suffer if OS X fails. The other observation >> is that when OS X gets installed on an S900, everything must be in >> harmony. If not, OS X will go south taking your whole system (OS 9.1 >> too) down to the point where nothing works. You are not safe even >> installing X on a separate disk in an S900 as once OS X goes by by, >> the whole machine goes to a black hole. >> >> If you are faint of heart, don't like taking the guts out of an S900 >> and are not too keen on getting all the bits and pieces of SW to >> pull this install off, then stay with OS 9.1. But when you see Jaguar >> installing on an S900 right before your eyes, you're hooked. Just >> make sure you have a reliable up to date backup of your goodies >> before you go down this path. >> >> The lucky get by with no problems from everything being compatible. >> But like Will said, check your ram 'cause different types won't work >> (I had all EDO). Neither will some ATA boards. Sonnet has a bunch >> of drivers for their cards to work with OS X. Check your cables and >> disconnect any important extra drives before you start. The ideal >> situation is to have a Mac running Jaguar. Then you'll know what this >> cat looks like. > > Eric
I didn't try booting to OS X yet on that S900. I have my doubts it will load OS X since the last 3 times it didn't. Instead, I'm testing ram with Ramometer on 1 S900 and have 2500 cycles passed. I like to let it go to 4000-5000 cycles for 1 GB with Ramometer as I have been burned in the past by stopping Ramometer too soon. I will try later to boot into X after I do more important things like take my 2 dogs to the dog park. X can wait. Eric Pet your dog instead: <http://home.earthlink.net/~ejlmp/Maggie.html> Latitude 37n34, longitude (-)122w19, California -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
