Don't know what help to ask for...

Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:36:04 -0500

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Just a guess here - this sounds suspiciously similar to the catastrophe=20=

that was caused by Apple's flawed 10.2.8 update a few weeks back.  Are=20=

you sure that you're using the newest version of the 10.2.8 update, or=20=

is there a chance that you're using the old, poisonous one?  When I=20
installed the first version, the only way out was for me to reformat my=20=

hard drive and start from scratch (luckily I had a fresh backup of my=20
data).  One way to test is to start over, install both linux and OS X=20
again, but don't update to the 10.2.8 version of OS X.  If you still=20
have a problem, then it's something else.

Hope this helps,

Evan

On Sunday, November 2, 2003, at 07:07 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

> Apologies for not searching the list before asking this, but I don=92t=20=

> even know what to search for. I don=92t know where the problem =
started,=20
> nor what it is.
>
> =A0
>
> I=92ve just had a major system installation problem that=92s killing =
me.
>
> =A0
>
> I downloaded and installed Sirius this weekend, and during the=20
> installation, I set up yaboot to dual boot my G4/400 Yikes! Board=20
> machine with OSX 10.2.8. When I rebooted, yaboot came up and I booted=20=

> into Linux. I looked around and everything looked great. I rebooted=20
> and tried to boot into OSX.
>
> =A0
>
> I got the gray apple and the little spinny-aroundy thing that stayed=20=

> that way for a while, then the apple turned into a circle/cross-out=20
> thing. The machine refused to boot.
>
> =A0
>
> When I rebooted again, there was no yaboot, only the gray apple.
>
> =A0
>
> I inserted an OS9, Disk Warrior CD, and booted to it. I was able to=20
> use OS9=92s Startup Disk to set the boot for OS9 on my hard drive. But=20=

> anytime I try to get it to boot to OSX, it just goes to the gray=20
> cross-out circle and I have to boot from a CD again.
>
> =A0
>
> Now, here=92s the weird bit. I put in my OSX install CD, and when I =
boot=20
> to it in order to install OSX again, I refuses to recognize my hard=20
> drive.
>
> =A0
>
> I reset the PRAM using OPT-CMD-P-R at boot, and still no boot.
>
> =A0
>
> I think that my problem is that I (using yaboot) told the firmware to=20=

> use an incorrect bootstrap partition.
>
> =A0
>
> So, how do I diagnose the problem seeing as I can=92t get into OSX or=20=

> Linux?=A0 Also, if someone could tell me how to search the lists for=20=

> this problem (if it=92s occurred before), I=92d appreciate the ability =
to=20
> read up on it.
>
> =A0
>
> Thanks,
>
> =A0
>
> Keith
>

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Just a guess here - this sounds suspiciously similar to the
catastrophe that was caused by Apple's flawed 10.2.8 update a few
weeks back.  Are you sure that you're using the newest version of the
10.2.8 update, or is there a chance that you're using the old,
poisonous one?  When I installed the first version, the only way out
was for me to reformat my hard drive and start from scratch (luckily I
had a fresh backup of my data).  One way to test is to start over,
install both linux and OS X again, but don't update to the 10.2.8
version of OS X.  If you still have a problem, then it's something
else.

Hope this helps,

Evan

On Sunday, November 2, 2003, at 07:07 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:

<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>Apologies
for not searching the list before asking this, but I don=92t even know
what to search for. I don=92t know where the problem started, nor what
it is.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>I=92ve just had a
major system installation problem that=92s killing =
me.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>I downloaded and
installed Sirius this weekend, and during the installation, I set up
yaboot to dual boot my G4/400 Yikes! Board machine with OSX 10.2.8.
When I rebooted, yaboot came up and I booted into Linux. I looked
around and everything looked great. I rebooted and tried to boot into
OSX.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>I got the gray apple
and the little spinny-aroundy thing that stayed that way for a while,
then the apple turned into a circle/cross-out thing. The machine
refused to boot.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>When I rebooted
again, there was no yaboot, only the gray =
apple.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>I inserted an OS9,
Disk Warrior CD, and booted to it. I was able to use OS9=92s Startup
Disk to set the boot for OS9 on my hard drive. But anytime I try to
get it to boot to OSX, it just goes to the gray cross-out circle and I
have to boot from a CD again.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>Now, here=92s the
weird bit. I put in my OSX install CD, and when I boot to it in order
to install OSX again, I refuses to recognize my hard =
drive.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>I reset the PRAM
using OPT-CMD-P-R at boot, and still no =
boot.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>I think that my
problem is that I (using yaboot) told the firmware to use an incorrect
bootstrap partition.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>So, how do I
diagnose the problem seeing as I can=92t get into OSX or Linux?=A0 Also,
if someone could tell me how to search the lists for this problem (if
it=92s occurred before), I=92d appreciate the ability to read up on =
it.</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>=A0</smaller></smaller><=
/fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>Thanks,</smaller></small=
er></fontfamily>

=
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/fontfamily>

=
<fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller><smaller>Keith</smaller></smaller=
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