(Umax S900) concerns: Thanks for helping to clear up some of the confusion, but there is a question concerning the instillation of XPF that concerns me and I'm hoping for sone help:
As far as I understand it I have to avoid the CDs booting up that you listed (below including any 10CD). However in reading the instructions for using XPF it discribes how it will do the instillation and it sounds like it will use the 10CD to boot up: "Then it will restart the computer. The Mac OS X Installer runs in Mac OS X, so you will be booting into Mac OS X at this stage." If this is the case won't it then cause the black screen? Is there a way around causing the the computer to restart or to prevent it from restarting by booting from the 10 CD to avoid the blackscreen? Or is there some other preventative measure? Or should I cross my fingers and hope for the best and prepare to go through all the CUDA procedures? Thanks, Jim --- "Eric J. Leopold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 04:55 AM, jim > frisino wrote: > > > I'm the Umax S900 "new to 10" guy, still trying to > get > > prepared for the big jumb! > > > > Thanks for the help on the partitioning question, > > think I have the full picture on that now. But I'm > not > > as clear on the black screen potential blow out. > In a > > previous email it was explained that it had to do > with > > probelms with "non-bootable" CDs (I believe?). > Does > > that refer just to the CD used to install 10 or > does > > it refer to all CDs from here on out? How would > you > > know if a CD is going to boot or not boot? Can > someone > > give me the very specific does and don't to avoid > this > > potential black night of the soul? When you > install > > any CDs should you be using the "c" key? Sorry if > this > > may seem very obvious, but I'm not very savy about > all > > this, I appreciate all your help. > > > > Thanks, > > Jim > > > > > Hi Jim, > AFAIK the black screen will occur with all disks > save the OS 9.1 system > disks when you try to boot with the ''C" key. Any > OS X disk used as a > boot disk, the new Nortons 7, TechTool Pro 3.09 and > Disk Warrior 3 will > all cause this problem when used as a boot disk. > This happened to me > (always the dis-believer-idiot?) with each. > > Earlier versions of the 3 products are OK and there > are no problems > booting into 9.1 from these earlier disks (Nortons > 6, TechTool Pro 3.04 > and Disk Warrior 2). I think any boot disk has to > be carefully > considered as to it's incompatibility. But there > aren't those many > instances where you need to boot from a CD except to > do maintenance > from an early version of DiskWarrior. > > Since I've installed X on 2 S900's last year, I > haven't kept up with > Ryan Rempel's advances with the latest XPF. WillS > has posted that > this black screen issue has to do with a firmware > issue in the S900. > > When you see that screen go black, you sigh. But you > now know your > course. Open the box and pull the battery again. It > helps to mentally > say in a chant "I'm not stupid, it happens to make > me strong." > Eric > > PS I cc'd to me & u as I was having a mail to the > list problem > > > -- > 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:[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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- 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:[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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
