Powerbook G3 (Pismo), won't boot YDL 4 cd1

[Eric Dunbar]

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 14:14:49 -0600, 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?

No suggestions, just comments:

1. You don't need to turn off the computer.
2. Can you boot the PB (OS X, OS 9 CD) with said drive?

Eric.