iMac won't boot - Failed to load extension com.apple.driver.applemacriscAGP
Booting into verbose and single-user modes, this is what happens:
Failed to load extension com.apple.driver.applemacriscPCI
Couldn't alloc class AGP
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device
Still waiting for root device etc.
Booting into Open firmware mode:
I'm able to do everything just fine, including resetting the nvram
Resetting PRAM:
Works fine, chimes when appropriate
Starting from Tiger install DVD:
Works just fine, I'm able to access all the utilities and was able to copy files off to a flash drive with the terminal. I used Disk Utility to repair the drive and repair the permissions, both of which ran successfully. I did a clean install of Tiger and then repaired the drive and permissions. I selected the new install on the hard drive as the default start-up disk. Still it sits at the gray screen and I still get those same errors in Verbose and Single-User modes.
I found the source code (a cpp file) for the com.apple.driver.applemacriscPCI, but don't really know how to compile it and what headers are necessary etc, and even if I did I don't know where I would put it since the problem can't be on the hard drive after I did a clean install. I have not yet tried completely reformatting the drive before an install but doesn't the installer do that anyway?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Message was edited by: Yost Smith
iMac G4 17", Mac OS X (10.4.1)