[G4] English

[Snow White]

On 4-Jun-06, at 7:49 AM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
wrote:

> unfortunatly no,
> i'm going t send it to a friend whos more of a mac head then me
> he's going to try to set it up correctly
>
> again my system is as follows
>
> a g4 digital audio
> a western digital 80gb hard drive (formaly on a hp pc)
>
> i was trying to install os9 (because i dont have an apple dvd drive to 
> use on this system , or a portable dvd drive to install osx)
>
> before the disk is installed the system goes to a screen with a 
> flashing folder with a macish face in it and a question mark
> after reasearch i deduced that it is looking for its operating system 
> (or words to that effect)

Yep.

>
> with the os9 disk installed, the computer screen flashes grey then 
> goes black
>
> i have a usb keyboard attached (non-apple) this is tottaly 
> unresponsive (i.e. pressing and holding down x on boot up does 
> nothing)
> the drve reads the disk, and SOMETHING SEEMS TO HPPEN disk wise, but 
> nothing registers

Try holding the C key (that will tell it to boot from CD)  I have no 
idea what the X key might do.

>
> note if i try to power off via the power bbutton on my cinima screen 
> or the front the power button pulsates

If you hold the power button down for a prolonged time (say 5 seconds 
or so) the computer will power off, but if you just push it and let go 
your computer goes into sleep mode.

>
> when the machine is open the drive seems to spin up as well
>
> after that i am lost as to what to do
>
> the only option i have is to send it to my mac friend.