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| Thread ID: 67808 | 2006-04-06 13:53:00 | mac os9 - fresh install - not booting | Morgenmuffel (187) | Press F1 |
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| 444497 | 2006-04-06 13:53:00 | imac g3 233 bondi blue 192 mb ram 20gb harddrive Well i have justed installed a new harddrive in my old mac and then installed os9.01, the install went fine, however when i reboot i get a flashing folder with a question mark, so i put the install cd in and the cd boots up, and i can then browse the harddrive, and everything seems ok, but the thing just won't boot off the harddrive any ideas , help etc would be greatly appreciated cheers time to sleep, sick of blasted computers |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 444498 | 2006-04-06 19:11:00 | docs.info.apple.com Reselect the startup disk in Startup Disk control panel It's normal to see the flashing question mark when a startup disk has not been selected. If that is not the problem follow the steps listed in the link above. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 444499 | 2006-04-06 20:39:00 | docs.info.apple.com Reselect the startup disk in Startup Disk control panel It's normal to see the flashing question mark when a startup disk has not been selected. I have done that and it makes no difference, and i have rechecked the control panel to make sure the setting has stuck, oh well off to try the rest of the solutions Cheers |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 444500 | 2006-04-06 21:44:00 | It means it can't find the system folder. If it still isn't working once you have gone through the suggestions in that knowledge base article, try re-installing Mac OS 9. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 444501 | 2006-04-06 22:47:00 | Hmmm well i now have another problem, i left it sitting for 10 minutes on flashin folder question mark screen, then turned it off and now 10 mins later the damn thing won't start If the damn thing ever starts up again, i'll do a reinstall |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 444502 | 2006-04-06 23:30:00 | Hmmm well i now have another problem, i left it sitting for 10 minutes on flashin folder question mark screen, then turned it off and now 10 mins later the damn thing won't start If the damn thing ever starts up again, i'll do a reinstall Where I work the G3 imacs are starting to die - as in, the logic boards, the power supplies and CRTs are all going the way of the dodo. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 444503 | 2006-04-06 23:49:00 | Well it's going now, i have reinitalised the hadrdrive, reinstalled os9, and the same thing is happening ************************************ regarding selecting the startupdisk, where exactly do i select this once the cd has booted 1) there is the the link from the top bar on the mac (note this is once the cd has booted) where i go colourful apple --> control panels --> startup disk --> here the icon of my HD is selected (just an icon, no mention of a system folder - should the system folder be visible?) 2) on the desktop I click my harddrive icon then sytem folder them control panels then start-up disk, here the icon of my HD is selected (just an icon, no mention of a system folder - should the system folder be visible?) Thanks ****************edit This is where it gets interesting I have 2 partitions, so I decided to select the other partition under the start-up disk thingie, and the system won't let me, as there is no system folder on it, so it isobviously recognising the system folder on the first partition, but it won't boot from it don't know if the etra info is any use |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 444504 | 2006-04-07 00:11:00 | Just found this info rom revision $77d.45f6 bootrom version 3.0.f2 macOS rom version 3.6 hopefully that will help, cause i can't figure it out |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 444505 | 2006-04-07 01:14:00 | Well i just installed osx version 10 on it, and the same problem happened when I went to drive setup, i notice that cdrom is dev/disk0 and the hd is dev/disk1, is that correct? or should they be the other way around |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 444506 | 2006-04-07 02:10:00 | may want to update firmware (docs.info.apple.com) | gibler (49) | ||
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