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Q: iBook G3 Corrupted Mac OS X

I have an iBook G3 with firewire and that is about all I can tell you. When I bought it off of ebay it came running Mac OS 9.2. Stupid me decided that I should take a copy of Mac OS X off of an iMac G3 and copy that to the HDD of the iBook. I then attempted to boot off of the OS X folder I put on my HDD. The system immediately kernel panicked. Both OS 9 and OS X are on the same partition so i need to somehow set OS 9 as the startup disk. I have looked at numerous other forums (I have been trying to fox this for about a year now) and found commands for doing this in Open Firmware. The command was:

 

boot hd:\wherever your installation is\


It did start booting OS 9 but just hung there and never fully booted.

 

Is there any way to delete something off of the HDD with open firmware? If I could delete the OS X folder that should solve my problem. Another possible fix would be force booting into OS 9. How would you do this?

 

I have tried resetting the nvram, pram, holding option on startup, and holding 9 on startup.

 

I do not own the restore CD and am afraid to buy them because I do not know which ones I need. Are they the orange ones? Could somebody link them please? I do not own any other mac with a cd burner so I have to use Windows to burn cd's. I found this program called TransMac which let me make a bootable disc for my iMac G3. I tried to make an OS 9 disc but the iBook refused to boot it.

 

Any suggestions are welcome!

 

Thanks in advanced!


iBook, iOS 9.2

Posted on Feb 14, 2016 7:15 AM

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Feb 15, 2016 8:38 AM in response to Panpooper
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    Feb 15, 2016 8:38 AM in response to Panpooper

    The iBook has nothing to do with iOS.  iOS is the operating system on iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad.

     

    On the iBook Mac OS 9.2 is what is commonly known as a Classic operating system.    Depending on the age of the iBook, you may be able to force it back to Mac OS 9, if you have at least a Mac OS 8.6 installer disc.    Some may require the 9.2 installer disc prebundled with it.  You should have requested all installer discs prebundled with the Mac so you could reinstall the operating system.    They are very hard to find at present.  Macs will not boot from installer discs that came with a different model, or retail discs that are older than the model in question.

     

    If you can identify your iBook model, you can find its age:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6413

     

    Once you have done that, you can determine what disc came with it:

     

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT2191

     

    The Firewire models can run up to Mac OS X 10.4 retail.   That installer disc will include a Startup Disk option in its menus to startup from the Mac OS 9 System folder if it is Mac OS X.  Under Mac OS 9, you go to Apple menu -> Control Panels -> Startup Disk.

  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Feb 15, 2016 8:40 AM in response to a brody
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    Feb 15, 2016 8:40 AM in response to a brody

    Lastly, you may need to boot using the Startup manager the installer disc if the 'C' key doesn't work.  That means using the Option key at startup and following these directions:

     

    http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4672

  • by HFTaylor12,

    HFTaylor12 HFTaylor12 Feb 21, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Panpooper
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    Feb 21, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Panpooper

    Hi Panpooper,

    I'm sorry to hear you're having problems with your iBook! I have the same model as you do, and I've gone through all sorts of OS problems, so I can help. First I need to know what you want to do. Do you want to...

    1. Wipe the hard drive and install Mac OS X with no OS 9?

    2. Keep Mac OS 9 and make OS X bootable (you will be able to switch to 9)?

    3. Wipe the hard drive and install Mac OS 9 with no OS X?

    4. Wipe the hard drive and install Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X?

    5. Boot into Mac OS 9?

     

    Please reply and tell me what you want to do, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Or maybe you want to do something else. If so, tell me and I'll see if there's a way to do it.

     

    P.S.

    The iBook doesn't run iOS, it runs Mac OS! iOS is used for all of Apple's mobile devices, such as iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This is a common mistake and don't feel like you're the only one doing it! I just thought you should know.