Re: Dual-boot problem with OSX 10.3.9 (OT ish)
On (18/04/05 17:42), James Tappin wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:28:17 +0100
> James Tappin <sjt@star.sr.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> JT> I have a G3 iBook that is supposed to dual-boot Debian/Sarge and
> JT> MacOS X.
> JT>
> JT> I use the yaboot boot loader, but since the latest OSX release
> JT> (10.3.9) I can only boot Linux. Whenever I try to boot OSX it comes
> JT> up with the Apple logo then powers itself down again. I've tried
> JT> rerunning ybin with no joy.
> JT>
> JT> My question therefore is: Has anyone else had a similar problem and
> JT> if so have you found a solution (e.g. a change in the yaboot config
> JT> files)?
>
> I think I may have found something here (at least the problem's gone).
>
> It looks as if the upgrade managed to trash the hardware clock setting,
> and in addition when I booted to Linux, the wireless base station was
> weak so that the network was effectively down when ntpdate tried to run
> -- as a result on Linux I was getting a date of 1-Jan-1904. After
> manually running ntpdate on Linux I can now boot both OSes. Wierd!!!
> (I can only assume that OSX checks and won't run before its release date).
Often, resetting the PRAM will sort out these sorts of problems. Hold
down:
Apple+Option+P +R on boot and wait for the chimes.
Regards
Clive
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