SpeedfreaK Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Hello, I'm trying to repare an imac (g3 with os 9.1) but this is the most messed up mac i ever saw. There are errors on the disk that EHBO-Disk (the mac utily) can't repair. So i wanted to boot from the install cd, but every time i want to boot a cd 'open firmware' shows up. And when i type 'mac-boot', the mac tries to boot, but can't: 'boot succesfully, but returned anyway'. I tried to reset the PRAM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42642 but that didn't work. What should i do (the firmware of the mac isn't the most up to date, but i'm afraid that if i try to install the new firmware, i mess up the whole computer because os 9 is totally messy). EDIT: i installed the new firmware and now i don't get the open firmware, but i just see a map with a question mark in it and after 2 seconds the pc boots normal. I have this with every cd (os9.1, os 9.0, os 8.6 (with os x and techtool pro: i see the white screen with the apple logo booting up but after a minute the drive stops reading the cd and the screen freezes) WTF is going on with this mac? Can i acces the hard drive through network, format it (cauze there's an error on it that 'disk utility' can't repair, neither a fresh install of os 9 without booting from the cd) and install an OS on it? The imac can act like a firewire disk, but i don't have a firewire cable to connect my other imac to it. And my other imac hasn't os x server edition so i can't set up a netboot server... Any suggestions would be welcome Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61679-cant-boot-any-cd/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Have you tried putting your computer in Target Disk Mode, and then formatting the disk. As a last resort, you could always open it up and manually fix the disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61679-cant-boot-any-cd/#findComment-437702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 target disk mode is the firewire mode, right? well, how do i format that pc if i don't have a firewire cable? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61679-cant-boot-any-cd/#findComment-437831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 maybe i'll try to install it with xpostfacto (the imac is supported, but won't boot 10.3 cd, so maybe with xpostfacto it does) is this smart or is this really stupid? the stupid thing is that i don't have a firewire cable, otherwise i could use target disk mode (anyone in belgium wants to give a firewire cable? ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61679-cant-boot-any-cd/#findComment-438466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 ebay?? Simpler would be to just open it up. Could turn out to be a loose connection too. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61679-cant-boot-any-cd/#findComment-438536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 my dad bought a firewire cable and i'm now installing the os on it! very easy with target disk mode thx for help anyway Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/61679-cant-boot-any-cd/#findComment-439134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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