iMac G4 700 works, but...

[Metuas]

So, I'm selling my iMac G4, right now at 10.4.11, but trying to up it to Leopard to get a few extra bucks on eBay. Love it, but it's too slow to use daily, especially in comparison to my Power Mac G5 dual 2 ghz. Plus, I need a laptop, and I'd like some money to put toward that as well. In light of that, allow me to explain how a perfectly functioning G4 is doing some weird {censored} when it starts up. This story begins when I run LeopardAssist, and it fails to read the 10.5 DVD, booting back into Tiger.

 

I turn it on, and it goes to Open Firmware. Not a problem - I type mac-boot, and it starts. Then it starts loading OS 9, complaining with a ? folder for a second, then getting the finder folder. Then it proceeds to the Apple logo. Not for long, though - here comes verbose mode. Then it logs in. Okay, I say. Flash the PRAM, like LeopardAssist said. Nothing happens, still same thing happening. Restart, with the same crazy startup. Next on the list - edit com.apple.boot.plist, get rid of verbose. Oh, wait. I open it, and there's nothing there. No boot flags. Not a line. Empty file. Now I'm completely lost. It works fine, but I don't want to sell a computer with a pieced-together bootchain that barely works! Then I remember, I need to get rid of "boot.txt", but how do I change the bootloader file back to com.apple.boot.plist, and have this thing still boot? I would restore it with 10.4 DVD, but I only have the 10.5 DVD, as I myself got this computer used. Any advice?

[lucaspeed]

Start in Open Firmware

digit:

 

reset-nvram

set-defaults

reset-all

 

At this point your Mac should restart and boot normally.

[Metuas]

Worked to perfection. Even boots faster!

 

Thanks for the help.