[X Newbies] can't boot into osx from os9

Birgit Rhoads wdlnd at adelphia.net
Sun Aug 24 18:15:33 PDT 2003


You might have to bite the bullet and reinstall your systems.  Sometimes
that is the simplest way to go instead of spending hours upon hours trying
to figure out what's wrong.  Back up your stuff and start over.

Birgit Rhoads
WoodlandPWC
Hudson, OH
woodlandpwc at adelphia.net
http://www.woodlandpwc.com


> From: Robert Nuzum <rnuzum at tampabay.rr.com>
> Reply-To: "Mac OS X Newbies" <X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:48:53 -0400
> To: "Mac OS X Newbies" <X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [X Newbies] can't boot into osx  from os9
> 
> Itried resetting the vram but  there is no change. Currently I can boot
> into 10.2 by holding down the "X"key while restarting. In 9.2.2"s
> control panel "startup disk" 10.2.6 does not appear as an option after
> waiting several seconds, only 9.2.2 appears twice. I also  receive the
> error message "invalid sibling link (4,13251)" when I rund fsck. I
> cannot use  Disk Warrior as it always freezes up just toward the end of
> its cycle(Jinxed). I have Disk Warrior 2.2, I  believe, only bootable
> via os 9.2.2.
> Anyone have any other ideas? Your help is appreciated. I should say
> both systems  work fine; it's just a problem getting from one to the
> other.
> Bob
> 
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