[Cube] OS 10.3.2 Upgrade problem

[Peter Wigglesworth]

Hi Everyone
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.

I have downloaded the latest firmware as suggested (thanks) from the Mac 
website and tried to run it on the Cube. When the updater icon is 
clicked it gives me a message that the firmware is the latest version 
and does not need updating.

This leaves me with the original problem that OS X 10.3.2 will not boot 
but OS 9.2.1 will.

Has anyone any other suggestion - could I have purchased a dud OS 
package from ebay ? I have contacted the seller to find out if they had 
any problems.

Thanks

PeterW
Peter Wigglesworth wrote:
>
>>
>> Original Question:
>>
>>
>>     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
>>
>>
>>
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