[G4] Trouble booting G4

[B G]

The question mark folder means no valid OS found on a bootable disk.

When you boot from the CD/DVD are you restarting with the C key held  
down and the CD/DVD inserted?


Brian

G4 gigE 1.0 GHz Powerlogix, 1 GB RAM

On Aug 30, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Petter Adsen wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
>
> I'm having some trouble booting my G4 (gigabyte ethernet). When I  
> try booting, it falls straight into open firmware. If I type "mac- 
> boot", I get a folder-like icon, blinking the Mac smiley-face and a  
> question-mark, If I hold down Option I can see the available boot  
> devices (one with 10.4 and one with 9.2, separate disks) but when I  
> attempt to boot from one of them, the screen just refreshes. This  
> also happens when I try to boot from CD.
>
> I'm not familiar with Apple's open firmware, and I have no  
> documentation for it, so I haven't really been able to do much to  
> debug the problem. Has anyone got any idea what might be wrong,  
> things I can try, or pointers to documentation I should read that  
> could help me?
>
> I'd be really grateful for any help, as this has me stumped. Thanks  
> in advance,
>
> Petter
>
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