Subject: Re: Help/Urgent!! --Boot problem
From: Gordon Neault (gordo-x@shaw.ca)
Date: Sat Jan 19 2002 - 06:03:21 MST
The strange icon means MacOS cannot find a valid system folder.
Something is wrong with your MacOS installation, exactly what is difficult
to say with your info.
However, unless you have mounted OS9/X System partitions in YDL, it is
pretty much impossible for YDL to really screw things up. You might want
to check your partition map(s) in YDL to see if all is well.
You can always boot with a MacOS CD in the drive (hold down C key), to
check it out.
You could try blessing the System in OS9 when booted from the CD.
Open the HD with OS9 Installed, select the Finder icon, move it to the
desktop and leave it there briefly before dragging it back to the System
Folder; restart.
Note also that reinstalling OSX may be necessary but that OSX installer
does not change files already installed, so it should simply reinstall/fix
whatever is missing.
On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 11:14 PM, Michael Hyman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am totally new to YDL and I have a problem...
>
> I installed MACOS9, X and YDL 2.1 on a Ti Book. All was well until
> tonight,
> when all of a sudden I can not boot into anything other than YDL.
>
> When I turn on the machine, I get the boot menu and select "M" for MacOS,
> but instead of booting, a strange icon appears in the middle of the
> screen
> with a question mark in it. This flashes slowly for about 60 seconds and
> then I get the boot menu again.
>
> I am not able to select "C" for cdrom, I get the same thing. I am able to
> get into YDL to examine things.
>
> I checked the yaboot.conf and it looks correct. It shows MacOS on
> /dev/hda5,
> linux on /dev/hda10. I tried running ybin, which ran, but seemingly did
> nothing.
>
> So, I am rather desparate for help since as much as I like to play with
> YDL,
> I really NEED MacOS back.
>
> If someone could please help me, I would appreciate it greatly.
>
> Regards...Michael
>
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