[Cube] Total Cube Newbie!

[Rsewill at aol.com]

Hi Andrew,

I would borrow nearly any version of Mac OS X to see if it will install 
before spending any money on your new treasure.   You can boot from the install CD 
or DVD to access the System Profiler (from one of the menu items; I forget 
which one) to see if the Cube has enough RAM to install OS X.   128 MBs are 
required.   Then do an install.   You can also install any retail version of Mac OS 
9.1 and up.

Regards,
Ron

In a message dated 12/21/06 10:03:39 PM, kittstr at earthlink.net writes:

> Hi all.  I found a mac g4 cube sitting by the side of the road (in the 
> trash).  I have been out of the "mac loop" for 10-15 years (my last mac was a mac 
> classic) but it looked so pathetic sitting there so I picked it up.  When I 
> got it home I plugged my usb keyboard and usb mouse in and my vga display.  
> Then I touched the power button and the little bugger roared to life.  Then it 
> just sat there with a big gray apple on a white screen with a little 
> swirling pinwheel thing.  When I googled this, it said to reboot with command-v to 
> get to the boot messages and it stops dead after it says:
>   
>  /etc/rc: line 283:  147 Hangup        SystemStarter -gr ${VerboseFlag} 
> ${SafeBoot}
>   
>  So, my question is what does this mean and how can I fix it?  I don't have 
> any disks or manuals, etc.  Should I go out and buy OS X and reinstall?  Is 
> there something simple I can try first?
>   
>  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
>   
>  Andrew Strouse
> ( kittstr at kittstr.com )
> 
> 

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