Powerbook G3 (Pismo), won't boot YDL 4 cd1
Norberto Quintanar
nquintanar at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 7 12:49:52 MST 2004
--- Stone <baruch1 at mac.com> wrote:
> I downloaded the ISOs from a mirror and using Disk Utility dragged
> over
> the images and click burn disc. The burning went perfectly and I
> can see
> the mounted disk under OS X. I then shut off my Powerbook with the
> cd 1
> in the drive, turn it on, hold down c and it boots to OS X. I tried
>
> zapping the P-RAM and also reset the nvram in open firmware.
>
> Note: this is not the stock CD/DVD module that shipped with the
> Powebrook. That one is long dead and gone. This is a Toshiba drive,
> the
> same identical one used in other Powerbooks, which required
> absolutely
> no physical modification or software hacking in order to get it to
> work.
>
> Might anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thank you,
Powerbook G3's are oldworld macs and hence can not boot YDL without
the use of BootX et al.
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