Okay…
DAY SIX!And 22 direct emails later and still no solution for
Yakob’s Grey Screen - No OS 9.2 Boot problem. Has tried CDs burned from MacTron’s Rescue & Install AND the Universal installer and still no successful, bootable installation. The machine will not even boot from the Rescue & Install disc or the Universal. Have even tried drag & drop approach. And while I continue to suspect his install CD’s burned from downloads, it may be something else entirely. Please read back through this thread for more info.
His DVD/CD drive does allow a new, working Tiger SSD install.Yakob is now using a correctly partitioned (via Tiger with OS 9 drivers installed) Crucial SSD in place of his original HDD and the problem persists. What appears to be an EVB-002-3 “Bribge” adapter has also been employed. First with jumper set to Master (alone on the ATA-100 ribbon cable) and now with jumper removed (Slave setting). Still, no joy.
Can this all be a consequence of not having the original install discs for the MDD and instead, using an install disc for Tiger, originally intended for another machine (or even a generic, downloaded version of Tiger)? Definitely an on-going, mystery puzzle. Even his fresh install of Tiger to the new SSD boots and works without fail.
“There are also machine-specific discs that are:
A) hard to identify properly and:
B) will NOT work if they're not exactly the correct one for your computer.
Spend the money - get a retail DVD - it will be good to have.” -GaryN
http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php/topic,2671.msg24015.html#msg24015He also has
no access to another nearby G3 or G4 machine to attempt an out-of-the-MDD installation, nor does he have a bootable external HD or Firewire drive.
All MDD hardware questions that I can think of, have been considered, addressed and dismissed. It is not a FW800 machine, but acts like one by not allowing an OS 9.2, independently bootable install. And Yakob has run
“Apple Service Diagnostic (691-4769) to check the hardware and AHT 2.0.2 -- no problems were found”.
His current battery also maintains adequate voltage to keep Date & Time current, with no changes after being removed and then later re-installed. I even tested an MDD here without a battery installed and was still capable of installing & booting OS 9.2.2 from the Rescue & Install disc download file, without a battery installed.
I would send tried, tested and true install discs… but he happens to be in a country where currently, no mail... to-or-from is allowed (from / to the U.S. anyway). And I have requested (via PMs) possible more-direct assistance from two members here that may be his fellow countrymen. Maybe they can get discs to him or help in some other way?
So, anybody / everybody… step right up and give this on-going saga your
best-est shots.
Whatcha got?
*Grey ribbon cable pictured below is not currently in use.
