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Powermac G3, OSX boot issues - HELP PLEASE!
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I aquired a B&W Powermac G3 450mHz. Installed was OS 9.2. I threw in some old PC100 and now I'm sporting 512Mb of RAM.
I want to install OSX onto it, and it meets all of the required specifications. I thought it would be a fun little machine to toy around with...
I have a genuine OSX disc, so since this machine does not have a DVD-ROM, I upload the files/disc image to my external hard drive to see if it will boot off of that. Via FireWire, I attempt to do so, and nothing happens. It goes straight to the happy mac icon screen.
I reset the PRAM and VRAM.
Checked to see if I have all the latest firmware, and I do.
Try the boot again, from OS9 desktop, and I get the infamous error: "Startup Disk was unable to select the install CD as the startup disk. (-2)"
I have installed OSX successfully by booting it off of an external FireWire drive before, why is this so much different? If anyone has ANY suggestions, please post them here, I have to say I am a bit baffled by this... 
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I don't think B&W G3s support firewire booting. There is no os selector if you hold alt or TDM if you hold T. I couldn't get it to boot off my iBook when I had it in TDM a couple of days ago hooked up to my G3.
Do you have a DVD-ROM in any other desktop computers? It's pretty easy to swap out and it'll make like a lot easier.
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seanc is correct -- B&W machines do not support FW booting. If you can pull the drive & put it in a machine wih a DVD drive, run the install & then put it back, that should work. It only takes a few minutes to pull & replace a drive.
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Last edited by chris v; Dec 11, 2006 at 11:44 AM.
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It's easy to do that? I will definately try that now. I have too much time on my hands.
But, do I have to put the original drive back?
EDIT: I put in a DVD-ROM, the PowerMac registers it, and I can restart the computer using the Mac OSX install DVD, but when it restarts, it gives me the question mark/finder folder... any idea on the problem there?
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Last edited by SLiMeX; Dec 11, 2006 at 01:37 PM.
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Is the dvd drive set up as Master?
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Originally Posted by seanc 
Is the dvd drive set up as Master?
It is, yes.
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