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iBook suddenly won't boot any OS9 volume
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Mar 24, 2011, 07:36 AM
 
My modded 466MHz clamshell dual boots 10.4 and 9.2.2, each on their own partition. I was using OS9 last night, and Classilla crashed, so I force quit it. Everything else went to hell, so I went ahead and rebooted. Now NONE of my OS9 volumes will boot - they all do the flashing folder ? bit. 

I tried resetting the PRAM a couple times with no success. I can't boot my 9.2.1 install CD or the copy of 9.2.2 installed on a FW HDD. The iBook's OS9 volume doesn't show up in the OF bootloader but does show in OS X as a valid startup volume. I ran Disk Utility on it in OS X, but that did nothing. 

Help! I haven't tried my pressed copy of OS 9 (all I could find was my burned backup) but beyond that I don't know what else to try.  
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Mar 24, 2011, 08:36 AM
 
Try an OF reset.

Boot holding command-O-F

At the prompt type:

reset-nvram
set-defaults
reset-all

I can't remember if the 2nd or 3rd one also restarts the Mac. I think I have it the right way around, not used OF in years now.

Good luck.
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Mar 24, 2011, 09:04 AM
 
"reset-all" resets the computer (i.e. reboot).
     
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Mar 24, 2011, 11:19 AM
 
deleted because I didn't read the original post closely enough...
(Last edited by amazing; Mar 24, 2011 at 01:22 PM. )
     
   
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