Re: Powerbook G4: Mac OS X does not boot again

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (01/01/70 01:04), Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> Thanks for answering so fast ..

But not much help though ;(

> 
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Clive Menzies wrote:
> 
> > On (18/06/03 21:25), Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > I'm running Debian 3.0 r1 on a Powerbook G4/867 MHz together with
> > > Mac OS X on the same disk (which is /dev/hda)
> > >
> > > Mac OS X isn't booting anymore. It did several times successfully
> > > the last days since I installed Debian on the machine some days ago.
> > >
> > > No problem to boot Debian.
> > >
> > > At the Boot Menu I type x (meaning that I want to boot
> > > Mac OS X), the screen is turning to grey, the OS X wheel is starting to
> > > turn, and after a minute or so, the wheel stops moving and I'm thrown to
> > > a shell prompt, after a line saying:
> > > "enableClockSpreading returned with 0"
> > >
> > > I changed yaboot.conf a bit, ran "ybin -v": Nothing.
> > >
> > > Mac OS X still doesn't boot.
> > >
> > You could try resetting PRAM; as you boot up, hold down Ctl-Alt-P-R ; it
> > can often sort out a confused Mac ;)
> 
> I did that (i.e. <Apple-key>-<Alt>-<p>-<r>): No change ... I also pressed
> the reset button (left of the power button): Nothing, too .. (except that
> my clock was back to 1970 (?); I reset it with hwclock ... )

I guess the next thing to try is booting off the OSX CD (hold down C
whilst booting) and see if you can repair your OSX installation.

Good Luck ;)

Clive