[Cube] [Fwd: OS 10.3.2 Upgrade problem]

[George Paterson]

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