cwoods Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I really did it this time. I need the original Apple TV OS. I screwed mine up and now I can't get the Apple TV to startup. I made a backup but messed it up somehow. Now I get a blinking question mark at startup. Please I know someone has to have it. Please help. Chris W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 try a certain green demon, a bay of pirates, or a 'nova' miniturized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoods Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 Did that, all I could come-up with was the OS boot partition not the whole disk image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 How big is the original image? About 600MB? If so, you might try Googling "Apple TV - Mac 1.1 Torrent", just a thought. If that's not the file you're looking for, I'm not sure what to tell you. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 get the osboot dmg then go to: http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Prepare_a_Hard_Drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvys Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 I have the same problem. I get the blinking question mark at startup, too. I tried that tutorial from http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Prepare_a_Hard_Drive but didn't work. I think my problem is on the EFI partition. When I mount the backup image file of that partition it's empty. What shoud I found in that partition beside the files .Trashes and .DS_Store? Thanx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoods Posted April 17, 2007 Author Share Posted April 17, 2007 I thin what i need is the efi portion anyone got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazkid Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 cwoods: did you remove the hd from the ATV before it "got messed up"? bec ause if you could connect it to you intel mac, you might be able to restore the osboot image onto the osboot partition and try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DsurioN Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Sent you a PM with details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoods Posted April 20, 2007 Author Share Posted April 20, 2007 Well I got a copy of the Apple TV drive and it was not the formating. It turns out that I somehow messed-up my IDE cable. I know this because I took my brothers Apple TV apart and used his IDE cable and my Apple TV booted up. So be careful. elvys, there is nothing in the EFI partition. This is the way it is suppose to be. I am thinking you have the same problem I do, a broken IDE cable. Mine looks fine but that is was the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvys Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 OK man, Thanx. I`ll try to get a new one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoods Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Just a update, I received my new cable from cablesonline.com and all is well in Apple TV land again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TofuTodd Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 same thing! i came home to find my apple tv blinking the question mark. reboot, no change. found this forum. reseated my IDE cable. booted first try. weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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