[HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!

[Mark Srebnik]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, this is very odd!!

To clarify:

A. I can boot OK into YDL3

B. I can boot into my OS9 Partition, BUT I can't do anything except move the cursor around on my screen.

C. I can boot using my TechTool 3.07 CD-ROM, BUT same thing as in item B above.

D. When in OS9 I can see my two hard drive icons on the desktop (one for each partition).

E. If I boot up holding down the option key, I see one hard drive icon with OSX in it and one icon with the OS9 icon in it.

HTH,

Mark



-------Original Message-------
From: Michael Loose <m.loose@arcor.de>
Sent: 06/28/03 02:37 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: [HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!

> 
> odd ...

Mark, did i get this right, you are able to boot from CD but you can't
see any partitions in this state - or are they just ignored by the
diskutility? 

If you can see the devices, make a writable image of you OS9 - Install
CD, copy an additional (working) Systemfolder (get on from a friend or
so, don't copy it from an Install-Media) onto it, boot up from this CD
and move your old folder aside, replace it with the additional  one (
you may add the missing extensions manually later) and restart.

If you are lucky and find a friend with an iPod, install a system on
it, boot from the Pod and proceed as above.
 
When booting from your installed OS9 - System, did you already try
force-quit (like in OSX) to shutdown the finder?  Sometimes this helps.

  
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 01:13, Mark Srebnik wrote:
> Hi Thierry,
> 
> Apologies for the other email I just sent accidentally before writing
the response shown below....
> 
> Thanks once again for your help...although that's not the answer I
wanted to hear!!... ;-) Starting to understand the quote in your signature!!
> 
> While I can see both my OS9 and OSX drive partitions on the desktop in
OS9, I can't do anything in OS9 as my trackball button and keyboard button
clicks don't work now. Don't know why that is.
> 
> So if I can find a way to work in OS9, I could do what you say and copy
my important files over from the OSX partition to the OS9 partition....
> 
> Any suggestions anyone??
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> Really Frustrated Mac User
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@decoulon.ch>
> Sent: 06/28/03 03:39 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: [HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
> 
> > 
> > Hi Mark!
> 
> On Saturday 28 June 2003 18:50, Mark Srebnik wrote:
> 
> > What is strange is that when I startup holding down the option key I
do
> see
> > my two partitions (described above), one with an OSX icon and the
other
> > with an OS9 icon on it.
> 
> But you can't start OS X? Sounds to me as an HFS problem. I had this
> recently 
> on a firewire drive formated half ext3 and half hfs (for transfer
> purposes). 
> And suddenly My Macs saw only one partition (and refudes to mount it at 
> that!).
> 
> The sad news is that I solved it by reformating (but there was nothing
> vital 
> on these partitions so I did not look for another solution.
> 
> Anyway, does your OS X partition show under OS 9? If yes, you can at
least 
> 
> save your data. If no, you might try booting from the install CD and see
> if 
> your OS X partition shows. If even that fails, I see no other option but 

> reinstalling.
> 
> Thierry

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