>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 You are right. More and more tinkering! snip >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
After letting Ramometer go to 5700 cycles on my S900 with OS X, the 1 GB of ram was OK. So I reboot into 9.1 and then into OS 10.2.1 and it worked OK. So then I reboot in to 9.1 and rebuilt the desktop with Conflict Catcher 9. When I tried to reboot into X, I only get 9.1. The last attempt to boot to X gave me the Black Screen Of Death!! Again? Yes again! Ack! Does this mean pulling the HD to get at the battery, pulling that, unplugging all, put it all back and zap the pram again? Maggie, this is getting a bit long in the tooth. Eric Pet your dog instead: <http://home.earthlink.net/~ejlmp/Maggie.html> Latitude 37n34, longitude (-)122w19, California Quitters never win and winners never quit. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
