[X4U] UPDATE: G5 won't boot after target disk mode w/ OS9 G3

[Sam]

Update: After a repair permissions and disk repair with the G5's CD, I
created a new Diskwarrior 3.0.2 CD (had been using 3.0). The CD still won't
boot the G5, but I copied the updated Diskwarrior to my Pismo and tried to
use it on the G5 in target disk mode.

The first attempt said the directory was too badly damaged. I fiddled around
in Diskwarrior and tried it again. It ran successfully and repaired a bunch
of stuff. (No good reason for why it ran the second time.)

The key statement was that it blessed the System folder. The G5 booted after
that.

Diskwarrior makes the save!


on 10/11/04 3:04 PM, Sam wrote:

> Brand new dual 2.0Ghz G5 running OS 10.3.5 and all updates. No classic mode
> installed.
> 
> I booted it in firewire target disk mode and it mounted on the desktop of a
> blue and white G3 just fine. Copied data from the G3 to the user's desktop
> on the G5, shut everything down and disconnected.
> 
> The G5 now will not boot, giving the "no system folder" blinking question
> mark. The hard drive is fine and will boot into target disk mode. I tried
> repairing the disk and repairing permissions from the boot CD. Also tried
> Diskwarrior, which gets to the last step and then finishes with a "Mac
> services error. Try rebuilding again."
> 
> Any idea what happened? Any other option than reinstalling OS 10.3.5, either
> on top or via archive and install? I was wondering if the disk didn't have
> OS 9 drivers, but if it didn't, it wouldn't mount as a firewire drive under
> OS 9, right? Something tells me I've read of this issue before, but I don't
> know where or when.
> 
> -Sam
> 
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