on my G3 266 a newly updated os X takes about 15 minutes to boot to the desktop (10.2.6) this is ONLY on the FIRST startup after update. the subsequent startups are fine. heck, i remember 10.1.5? i think it was, work perfect on my quicksilver, but i had to leave my G3 booting overnight to get it to work....gotta get one of those G3 900 zifs and drop it in =) sandor On Friday, May 9, 2003, at 06:43 PM, macman at chasquis.com wrote: > I just installed 10.2.6 on ym beige G3 266.My computer no longer boots > up,it hangs on the apple splash screen. > > Is it possible to remove the update? > > It looks like it even screwed up my OS X partition. > > > I ran the disk utility and the permission repair,but nothings works. > > > Help!! > >