[X-HW] Can't Boot MacOSX on G3 Beige

[William Lane]

> The Problem is "I Can't Boot a MacOSX CD".  I have tried all kinds and 
> I have
> swapped the CD drive. Swapped a the drive cable.  Booting any MacOS 8 
> or 9 is
> successful.  The MacOSx CD mounts fine under 9.  I have been running 
> this
> machine under 10.2.4 for over 6 months. Not out of the blue I can't 
> boot a CD
> and I cannot boot back into the OSX partition.
>
> I am baffled any ideas what might be the problem.

Try booting into Single User mode at startup, Command + S
If it boots up in X to the point of the command prompt, run fsck.
If it does not get to the command prompt, note exactly what it says in 
the code when it 'stalls'


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