Recover disk partitions on a 3400

[Andrew McVinnie]

If I am not mistaken, a powerbook 3400 can not run Mac OS 9.2 at all.  
HTe last supported OS it could run is Mac OS 9.1.  Mac OS 9.2 requires 
a G3 or G4. So you will have to boot from a 9.1 CD

Andy


On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Longman, Bill wrote:

> Thanks, Andy!
>
> It's, um, not booting off the CD, though. I've got a 9.2.1 CD and it 
> doesn't
> even seem to seek on that disk. All I get is the 
> QuestionMark-FloppyDisk and
> a whirring sound that repeats every five seconds from the internal 
> drive.
>
> I can get to Open Firmware 2.0.1 but that's it.
>
> Where to from here?....
>
> Bill
>
>> Boot from an OS 8.6 or OS 9.x cd and repartition the hard
>> drive leaving
>> the partition as Unallocated.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 02:56 PM, Longman, Bill wrote:
>>
>>> I have a new (ha!) 3400 and upon inspection, it looks like all
>>> partitions
>>> have been deleted from the drive. What would be the
>> solution to get the
>>> drive reformatted/partitioned so YDL can be loaded?
>>>
>>> Bill
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