On 26 Dec 2008, at 01:32, Peter Wigglesworth wrote: > Can any one throw light on this problem? > My cube is 450 mhz with 1.25mb ram and 8.2gb space on the hd > It was running with OS 9.2.1 and OS 10.1.1 > It is not connected to the internet. > > I bought a used boxed copy of OS 10.3.2 retail set from e bay which > looks fine and not battered about. My intention was to load the > 10.3.2 onto the cube to upgrade the 10.1.1 and give me a fighting > chance of internet access. > > The upgrade ran fine and the 10.3 worked after the installation was > completed. After shutting down and attempting to restart the cube > the next day I got a message saying:- > 'Welcome to Open Firmware, the system time is 08.36.28 - 12/24/2008 > (which was the correct time) > To continue booting type "mac-boot" and press return. > To shut down type "shut-down" and press return." > > If I tried mac-boot I got a grey striped screen. > If I tried shut-down it did. > > I have reloaded the 10.3.2 twice now and had no changes. > > In accordance with the installation instructions I have inserted the > OS 9 disc and held down 'C' at start up and have selected the start > up disc as OS 10.3 but the same thing happens. If I select OS 9 it > all seems to boot up OK. > > Any suggestions on what to do to get the OS10.3 booting up? > > Peter W Is your firmware the most recent version? Check for "G4 cube firmware" on apple.com. I'm sure you can update it from OS 9 if you need to. Geordie