Re: QUIESCE + MacOS still hangs (was Re: new ibook - potato 2.2r4 - image not found)

[Chris Tillman <tillman@azstarnet.com>]

On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 06:15:40PM +0100, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 05:55:26PM +0100, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 06:27:46AM +0100, Florian Friesdorf wrote:
> > 
> > > Another strange thing is, that after Installing MacOS X I cannot boot
> > > anything. MacOS 9 and MacOS X, and also their install CDs hang during
> > > boot phase. They stopped nearly at the end of the progress bar.
> > > 
> > > I used the partition tool from the MacOS 9 Install CD to create 3
> > > Partitions (MacOS 9, MacOS X, Linux dummy).
> > > Others reported, there are a lot of partitions belonging to Open
> > > Firmware. I could only see my newly created 3 partitions - hmmm.
> > > 
> > > Now, I have a new ibook, but nothing is working on it. And I do nearly
> > > know nothing about powerpc hardware. - So please help.
> > > references to documentation would also be fine.
> > 
> > Now I think I know a little bit more about powerpc hardware, but
> > definitely not enough.
> > Thanks for all your help.
> > - I tried the SHIFT key with the installed MacOS 9.
> > - I tried the SHIFT key after the C key to skip the extensions of the
> >   install CD
> > - I tried the Command + Options keys during bootup to rebuild the
> >   desktop, but it came not that far.
> 
> I forgot to mention, that I resetted the PRAM several times.
> 
> > I all three cases, my MacOS system hangs in the end with a nearly
> > finished progress bar.
> 

It's really starting to sound like a hardware problem. I'd call Apple,
they'll replace it if it's faulty.

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