Subject: Re: [OT] OSX Beta Install on PowerBook G3
From: Sean O. Denney (sdenney@cise.ufl.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 08:39:18 MDT
That series of PowerBooks cannot and will not boot OS X; something
about the openfirmware.
That was stated in the release notes of OS X PB.
--- Sean
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Robert Vogt IV wrote:
> To all,
>
> Sorry if this is a *bit* off topic, but I haven't been able to find an
> answer to this question anywhere.
>
> I have installed MacOS X Public Beta on a 2 GB partition of my PowerBook
> G3 Series/300's (Main Street) hard disk. When I select the new partition
> with 'System Disk,' and restart, the machine's screen goes blank, and all
> activity ceases (no loading of OS X, etc.). This happens under both a UFS
> install and an HFS+ install of OSX.
>
> A while back, I tried to install Darwin on this same machine, and it did
> the same thing.... anyone know if I'm missing something _REALLY_ obvious?
>
> Thanks for your assistance.
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