Mistake made updating old iMac
Aloha all!
I'm in the process of prepping about a dozen old iMacs for donation. They are all G3 machines, with processors from 333 - 600 MHz.
I've got another thread open for technical support upgrading one of the oldest machines, a 333 with 32 MB RAM running OS 8. I put that project to the side for now, and focused on reformatting the rest of the machines first.
Problem is, one of the rest of the machines was also a 333. I was in the automaton zone. You know, plug in computer, turn on, write down information, insert OS X install disk, restart. No thinking involved. And this one booted to OS 9, so it didn't scream "OLD" at me.
So I installed OS X on it. And now, it won't boot. It comes up to a grey screen with the following message:
bootr, unknown word
Failed to boot
Apple iMac open firmware 3.0.f10 built on 03/05/99 at 21:14:19
Copyright blah blah
All rights reserved
ok
0>
Ok, it hits me that this machine is the same as the other one, and I probably needed to update the firmware. Missed that step.
So I put in an OS 9 install disk, turn the machine off and back on while holding the C key. it doesn't work, just the same message as before. I try 2 or 3 times, no luck.
Right. So I'll boot it off of an external Firewire drive using the SODA trick. Except that this unit has no Firewire.
So, am I screwed? Have I ruined a perfectly good machine by slipping into the monotony trance? or is there salvation?
Mahalo!
Tom
I'm in the process of prepping about a dozen old iMacs for donation. They are all G3 machines, with processors from 333 - 600 MHz.
I've got another thread open for technical support upgrading one of the oldest machines, a 333 with 32 MB RAM running OS 8. I put that project to the side for now, and focused on reformatting the rest of the machines first.
Problem is, one of the rest of the machines was also a 333. I was in the automaton zone. You know, plug in computer, turn on, write down information, insert OS X install disk, restart. No thinking involved. And this one booted to OS 9, so it didn't scream "OLD" at me.
So I installed OS X on it. And now, it won't boot. It comes up to a grey screen with the following message:
bootr, unknown word
Failed to boot
Apple iMac open firmware 3.0.f10 built on 03/05/99 at 21:14:19
Copyright blah blah
All rights reserved
ok
0>
Ok, it hits me that this machine is the same as the other one, and I probably needed to update the firmware. Missed that step.
So I put in an OS 9 install disk, turn the machine off and back on while holding the C key. it doesn't work, just the same message as before. I try 2 or 3 times, no luck.
Right. So I'll boot it off of an external Firewire drive using the SODA trick. Except that this unit has no Firewire.
So, am I screwed? Have I ruined a perfectly good machine by slipping into the monotony trance? or is there salvation?
Mahalo!
Tom
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