iBook Experiment went very wrong

Hi all, I did something really wrong, I was bored and I wanted to do an experiment, since I am new to mac I dont know much, so I installed Sytem 6 on my iBook to see how system 6 looked like, but I installed the OS incorrectly, now each time my iBook boots, it displays a folder with a blinking question mark and the Mac OS logo too, so I dont know what to do, this is really bad, but all my Mac OS X files are still there...

I posted the same thing on the Mac OS X forum like a week ago, but dint got much help, I am going to try again in this iBook section...

help...
please...

iBook Tangerine, Mac OS X (10.3.9), iBook Color Tangerine

Posted on Sep 8, 2006 4:12 PM

36 replies

ricercar

Level 1

69 points

Sep 13, 2006 11:34 PM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

iBook Tangerine owner

Apple iBook Clamshell
1999-2006

This seems awfully dramatic. Your iBook is unlikely to have suffered damage; it's only corrupt software. However, if you're really done with it, let me take it off your hands! I'd pay postage to 94089.

iBook SE Graphite 466 - 576 RAM, 20G HD Mac OS 9.1.x PBG4 12" 1GHz, Clamshell 466, 20th Anniversary G3 500 MHz, Still miss my SE/30

Sep 14, 2006 5:11 AM in response to ricercar

is not dead, it was a joke 🙂
my iBook is in good physical conditions.
Since Mac OS X is corrupted on my iBook, I am intalling Xubunto Linux to the iBook, Xubunto linux is nice and Its designed for older computers.
and as I said before, there`s billions of Linux software out there, so can open almost any kind of files that I may use in my iBook with Linux...
my original plan was that I would buy a PowerBook G3 pismo, but I wanted something fast to get on ebay since at that time there wasn`t any PowerBooks so I only found an iBook in ebay at a very low price.
I love my iBook is my very first apple product that I own.
Besides, the first generations of iBooks look very futuristic, and advanced.

Apple has always been one step ahead of PCs.
In style and Power.

Sep 16, 2006 2:28 AM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

the Linux download is taking to much Hours!
and there`s no other LiveCD distribution that works with PPC...

maciscool

Level 3

586 points

Sep 16, 2006 3:50 AM in response to CMDRFISH

Holding down the "X" key on boot will boot mac osx when osx and os9 are installed on the same partition.

Sep 16, 2006 5:18 AM in response to maciscool

Mac OS 9 is not in my Hard drive, I delete so I can have for HD space...
Only OS X in installed in hard drive.
And the corrupted system 6 folder.

Sep 17, 2006 5:41 PM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

Xubuntu Linux is not working well, this is the end, I am going to keep my iBook for collection purposes.
But I have one more idea...

I remembered that someone said that Mac OS 8.6 is the lowest OS the iBook can run, but what if I download the final version of Mac OS 7, not the system 7 version, I heard that Mac OS 7.6 and up can run in PowerPC enviroment...
is it true?

maciscool

Level 3

586 points

Sep 17, 2006 5:57 PM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

Mac OS 7 will not run on the iBook, it will only run on the first powerPC CPU, and not on the G3

Sep 17, 2006 6:09 PM in response to maciscool

is there another way to install Mac OS 7 in the G3 PPC?
Myabe a Mac OS 7 version for g3 PPC??

Niel

Community+ 2026

Level 10

743,783 points

Sep 17, 2006 7:10 PM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

Try using SheepShaver to run Mac OS 7.6 in emulation. You cannot use a version of the Mac OS prior to 8.6 outside of emulation on any iBook.

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Sep 18, 2006 5:32 AM in response to Niel

Is good to hear that, Ok, My plan is to boot Mac OS 7.x from the iBook but that`s a problem because there`s no existing OS that simulates the Mac OS 7.x.
And I dont think that simulation will work on Xubuntu Linux at all...

Any suggestions?

Sep 18, 2006 5:25 AM in response to Niel

Is it even possible to Boot Mac OS 7.x?

Niel

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Sep 18, 2006 9:09 AM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

Is it even possible to Boot Mac OS 7.x?

Not on an iBook. System 7.6 does not contain the resources necessary to operate an iBook properly.

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Duane

Level 10

124,293 points

Sep 18, 2006 1:27 PM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

No, you will need OS 8.6 or beyond. Nothing earlier than OS 8.6 will work on that iBook.

Sep 18, 2006 1:38 PM in response to Niel

Well, I am not going to give up...
I like my iBook alot, ok, I think I should do the following...

Download LiveCD Linux distribution (Why LiveCD? because the LiveCD linux wont delete any of the Mac OS X files that are on HD, so I can recover Mac OS X)
boot Linux
Simulate Mac OS 7.x via Linux
While simulating Mac OS 7, I go to the Sytem 6 folder and delete it, I cant delete the System 6 folder in linux...
And when The system 6 folder is destroyed the iBook will go back to normal and this nightmare will be over...
this can be done...

But I need to know what Linxu distribution will work with the simulator...
Does anyone know?

Sep 18, 2006 2:09 PM in response to iBook Tangerine owner

I Just checked In wikipedia and it says that cheapshaver and also Basilisk II can run in PowerPC linux, there`s hope.
Xubuntu Linux is not going to run sheepshvaer at all, does anyone know any Linux OS (liveCD) that can run sheepshaver really good?

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