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

[Natalia Portillo]

Ask apple your a CD compatible with your hardware. No matter it is
second hand, you're the owner, so with legal rights of owning one (or at
least, a copy). 

Did you upgraded the hard disk firmware as shown in OS X Software
Update?

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com 
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] 
> En nombre de Mark Srebnik
> Enviado el: domingo, 29 de junio de 2003 4:31
> Para: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Asunto: Re: [HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
> 
> 
> Hi Natalia,
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> OK, you asked for it.....
> 
> 1. Apple Hardware Test CD
> 
> Unfortunately, the only CD I have is for my iBook. I bought 
> my G4 used and didn't get any CD's with it. Tried one for 
> iBook and got error message that Hardware test did not 
> support this machine.
> 
> 2. Boot in Verbose Mode
> 
> standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
> vm_page_bootstrap:380997 free pages
> nig_table_vmax_displ = 64
> COLOR video console at 0x9c00800 ()1280x960x32)
> IOKit Component Version 6.6
> thu May 1 21:45:00 PDT 2003: root (rcbuilder): 
> RELEASE_PPC/iokit/RELEASE_cppInit done
> IODeviceTreeSupport done
> Recording Startup extensions
> Copyright (c) 1982, blah blah blah...
> Using 3932 buffer headers and 3932 cluster IO buffer headers
> USBF: 27.509 [0x38a3e00] USB Generic Hub @ 1(0x8)
> USBF: 27.541 [0x38a3c00] USB Generic Hub @ 1(0x9)
> Local FireWire GUID = 0x3065ff: 0xfeb5d62c
> devfs enabled
> IOKitBSDInit
> From path: 
> "/pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/mac-io@7/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:9,mach_kernel"
> waiting on <dict ID ="0"><key>IOPathMatch</key><string ID = 
> "1">IODeviceTree:/pci@f2000000/pci-bridge@d/mac-io@7/ata-4@1f0
> 00/@0:9</string></dict>
> USBF: 28.306 [0x38a3a00] USB Generic Hub @ 2(0x100000)
> USBF: 28.307 [0x38a3800] USB Generic Hub @ 2(0x1100000)
> USBF: 28.718 AppleUSBKeyboard[0x38e1000] :start USB
> Generic Keyboard@3(0x1110000)
> 
> Still waiting for root device
> Still waiting for root device
> Still waiting for root device
> Still waiting for root device
> ....keeps repeating this every few minutes....
> 
> 3. Ran DiskWarrior from OS9
> 
> Figured out how to get mouse buttons and keyboard working in OS9!
> Disable ATI extension...ran DW, it found some errors and then 
> replaced directory on OSX drive partition.
> 
> Changed startup disk to OSX partition from OS9 Control Panel
> Rebooted, saw gray apple and then circle with slash in it! ;-(
> 
> 4. Ran TechTool Pro v3.07 from CD
> 
> Got error message that this version doesn't support USB 
> functions. So no mouse/keyboard use. 
> 
> Reboot...
> 
> 5. Ran Drive10 from CD
> 
> Boots OK, but Drive10 only 'sees' hard drive as one 
> partition, doesn't recognize my 2 partitions. BTW, I can open 
> drive partitions in OS9 now...
> 
> 6. Ran Apple Disk Utility from OSX10.2 Install CD
> 
> Similar situation as with Drive10, doesn't see my 2 partitions...
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Natalia Portillo <iosglpgc@teleline.es>
> Sent: 06/28/03 03:15 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: RE: Re: [HELP] YDL Installed OK - But Can't Boot Back to OSX!
> 
> > 
> > Hi
> 
> Ok.
> 
> Two VERY important points.
> 
> Did you booted from your Apple Hardware Diagnostic CD?
> DO IT.
> Say what happens.
> 
> Then,
> Did you booted with OS X in verbose mode? (command + option + v)
> DO IT.
> Then, say the errors.
> 
> OS X is very, VERY, sensible, about hardware problems that 
> other systems
> (OS 9, Linux) may ignore or "workaround" (ok, no apple hardware need
> "workarounds" for OS X like x86 computers need with every 
> system, except
> if hardware is evidently broken).
> 
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