Latest thriftshop adventure

[Rob Brandt]

he he.  Google reveals all.  It seems that every page hit related to linux, bsd
or OSX being installed on a G3.  "reset Open Firmware", "reset PRAM".  Never
seen the OF stuff before.

Hee hee.  $5 G3.  hee hee.

:')

Rob


Quoting Rob Brandt <bronto@csd-bes.net>:

> Another "score" at the thriftshop.
> 
> Beige G3 Desktop 233, 64mb RAM.  After three days waiting for it to be
> priced, I
> see it in front of the dumpster.  "Doesn't work", they say.  "$5" I say. 
> "OK,
> but there's no RAM or hard disk".  I know they're clueless, so I go for it.
> 
> Of course, I crack it open and the RAM and HD are right where they should be
> under the flip up power supply.  But they are right in that it doesn't boot.
> Strange stuff too, like I've never seen.  I want to get OS9 running on it
> before
> I proceed to YDL it.
> 
> Attmept:
> 
> #1: When I try to boot up initially, the text "no bootable HFS partition"
> gets
> repeated about a dozen times across the top of the display, then the disk
> icon
> with a flashing question mark appears.  I try the same thing with different
> IDE
> ribbons and a different HD, same results.
> 
> #2: Same as above, but with a OS8 system installer disk in the CD drive.  The
> "no bootable HFS partition" message still comes up, but after it's done with
> that it boots OK from the CD.
> 
> #3: Disconnect the CD ribbon cable from the motherboard, and plug the ribbon
> cable from the HD into that socket.  This time on boot up, I get the message
> "can't open" about a dozen times.  When it's finished it proceeds to boot
> from
> the hard disk just fine.
> 
> #4: Plug the CD ribbon cable into the socket that originally had the HD cable
> plugged in to it and reboot.  Back to the "no bootable HFS partition"
> message,
> then it proceeds to boot off of the HD.
> 
> Any hints?
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