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Old 12-10-2003, 08:31 AM   #1 (permalink)
junglistic
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MacOSX Boot Problem

Ok, so i cant get MacOSX to boot on my g3 powerbook

First I partitioned the 8gb drive into 2 parts, 1 - 5.5gig, 2 - 2.5gig

I have panther installed on 1, and OS9 installed on 2.

The panther installed with no problems, and the last thing it said was, your computer will restart in 30 secs, etc.. everything went normally.

As did the os9 install.

Note: I did it in this order Partition w/ OSX's DISK UTIL (included on osx cd), Install OS9, Install OSX

Just turning the system on, and doing nothing, i get a grey OS9 looking screen which has a flashing floppy disk and a ? in the middle.

If i hold shift, I get into os9, no problems, from their, i can select Mac OSX in startup, and it reboots, and i go back to the floppy with the ?.

Ive tried other apps, like Apple's disk config util and xpostfacto with the same result.

I cant get into open firmware on boot, but in disk config util i can config it, and it is configured to boot off partition 1 (panther).

Why isnt panther booting? I know its something with the boot sector (or whatever the mac equiv of boot sector is.. ) But how can I overwrite it or fix it.

Also, i can boot with no problems off either osx or mac os9 cds.

in the osx cd i can run disk util, and the panther partition checks out ok, says its bootable, etc...

if i go to the startup app included in the osx cd and select the panther parttion to boot, i get the same grey os9 looking screen with a question mark floppy

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