[ryo_owatari]

Hello. There's a problem with one of our G4's at school -- there's a bunch of weird text on the monitor in white, highlighted with a black background, with this exact text:

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Panic(cpu0): Unable to find driver for this platform: �Power Mac 3,4�.
Backtrace: 0x0008bb44 0x00029f00 0x001f1b74 0x001d46fc 0x001d450c 0x001d4f7c 0x001d561c 0x001c5acc 0x00036b80 0x00036ab4

No debugger configured � dumping debug information
Version string: Darwin Kernel Version 1.3.3:
Fri May 4 13:46:54 PDT 2001; root:xnu/xnu-124.8obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
DBAT0: 00000000 00000000
DBAT1: 00000000 00000000
DBAT2: 80001FFE 8000003A
DBAT3: 90001FFE 9000003A
MSR= 00001030
Backtrace: 0x0008bb44 0x00029f00 0x001f1b74 0x001d46fc 0x001d450c 0x001d4f7c 0x001d561c 0x001c5acc 0x00036b80 0x00036ab4
Panic: we are hanging here�
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I tried reinstalling system (OS 9.2) and it boots on the CD. And when I tried restarting, it goes back to the string of texts again. Any suggestions/solutions?
Any help will be gladly appreciated. Thank you very much.

-ryo

[Scotttheking]

I'm sending this to the OSX-General forum.
They'll be able to help you there.

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[iHolger uMax]

It has been written in your Open Firmware that the machine is to start in Mac OS X and it seems that your system either is lacking some essential files or some files are damaged. Try to start your machine holding your "Option" key down to see if you get a symbol of an X disc and a 9 disc. Select OS 9 disc. I think this only works if you have 9 and X on different partitions like I do. The other way is to start from your CD and use the Startup-disc Controlpanel on the CD to select 9 or X to start from. This changes the info in Open Firmware. You will probably have to reinstall X.