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Cannot start up in OS 9
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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Flat panel iMac 800. I cannot start up in OS 9.2.2. The OS 9.2.2 Install Disk also does not work...gets a quarter of the way into startup and stalls. Os 9.2.2 works fine in Classic Mode. I wouldn't worry about it, except that from time to time I need to start up in 9 in order to run Disk Warrior, Plus Optimizer, etc. I had this problem once before, and cannot remember how I fixed it, or where I found the answer. It is a firmware issue, as I recall, and I have zapped the PRAM to no avail. Also rebuilt desktop. Still no go. I'd appreciate any assistance. At the time I ran across several other people who had had the same problem...maybe one of you is still at large??
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by John_Engels:
[QB]Flat panel iMac 800. I cannot start up in OS 9.2.2. The OS 9.2.2 Install Disk also does not work...[QB]
My advice: Get OS X (or get out of this forum)
-t
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally posted by turtle777:
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My advice: Get OS X (or get out of this forum)
-t</STRONG>
oh please read his WHOLE post. I can't help you, sorry
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iMac G5 2.0 Ghz 20", 2 GB RAM, 400 GB, OS X 10.4.5, iPod with color screen 60 GB
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Originally posted by turtle777:
<STRONG>
My advice: Get OS X (or get out of this forum)
-t</STRONG>
What an odd reply.
To jeromeke: the answer is to remove the bottom plate and press the reset button. Up and running.
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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Try starting up in single-user mode (cmd-s) and run
fsck -y
do this until it reports the file system has not been modified.
I don't know if this will work for you or not, but I had a problem where I had set the startup system to 9.2 and it wouldn't reboot at all into OS X or 9.2 (flashing folder).
I restarted from a FireWire drive and ran fsck, and it appeared to fix the problem - I could boot from 9 or X with no need to reinstall.
good luck!
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