[X4U] G3 in endless loop of inaction

[Nick Scalise]

On Jun 28, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Jonnythan wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> Sorry about the vagueness of this question, but this is all the  
> information
> I have.
>
> My friend has a really old blue G3 running OS X (don't know what  
> flavour)
> and Classic. She decided to restart in OS9, and chose the Classic  
> folder to
> start up from with the StartUp Disk preference pane.
>
> The result was the flashing question mark on startup.
>
> When holding the the alt-key on startup you don't get the option to  
> choose a
> startup folder.
>
> The G3 refuses to start from a CD when holding down the c-key on  
> startup,
> and won't mount as an external firewire disk when firewire- 
> connected to an
> iMac and started up with the t-key held down.
>
> So the question is can anyone think of a way out of this scenario  
> to get the
> G3 to start up in OS X again?
>
> Thanks ever so,

Try zapping the PRAM and let it chime at least three times.

To zap the PRAM hold down the Command (apple) key, option key, and  
the p and r keys all at the same time when rebooting.
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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at cox.net