XPF + Mac OSX on G3 PowerBook |
November, 29, 2002 12:32 AM |
Charles.Lakos |
I have been trying to install Mac OSX (10.2 or 10.0) on a G3 PowerBook (rainbow apple) with 192 MB (a 64MB SDRAM DIMM and a 128MB SDRAM DIMM). I get the message "Could not complete your request because there was a problem writing to NVRAM". What can I do about this? Thanks, Charles. |
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RE: XPF + Mac OSX on G3 PowerBook |
December, 05, 2002 3:28 PM |
kronos |
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If it helps, I can say that rainbow PB G3 alias the Original Powerbook G3 also known as Kanga or 3500, has not an 8gig hard drive, has not 192meg ram, and has not yet support either from Apple nor from XPostFacto (at least mine has not, it's the builtin-ethernet version). On such a PB you cannot install a functonnant MacOSX. KRONOS |
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RE: XPF + Mac OSX on G3 PowerBook |
December, 03, 2002 2:52 PM |
lje6 |
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My head hurts on this, but I believe that you don't need XPF, and would probably do better without it, as it overwrites the NVRAM boot information to load kext's for unsupported machines. The "Rainbow Apple" G3 powerbook would be a Kanga (3500), but the Kanga doesn't use SDRAM DIMMS, and has a maximum of 160 Meg of RAM. It has only one RAM 'slot' that takes a custom board. Because of this, I suspect that you have a G3 Series PowerBook, which is fully (or mostly) supported by Apple. The fact that you can even boot 9.2 straight, also tells me that your machine is supported under Mac OSX, and that it is not the original PB G3 Kanga. The 8 gig. partition trick is required by most early iMac's and G3 desktops. It has to do with the ATA controller on these machines, and their inability to boot past the 1024th cylinder (8 gigs). If I were you, I'd install a fresh copy of 9.2 on your lefto over partition, and use that for classic. -- Len |
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RE: XPF + Mac OSX on G3 PowerBook |
December, 01, 2002 6:33 PM |
Charles.Lakos |
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After posting my original request, I did a more extensive scan of the Tech Forum and found one article (Powerbook G3 success story) which was particularly pertinent. Here then, is my experience and outstanding issues: a) The earlier reported experience of getting the NVRAM error but proceeding anyway worked for me too. b) After a number of false starts, I partitioned my 10 GB drive with the first partition of 8 GB for OS X, and the install proceeded OK. c) Ethernet works fine - I have a built in Ethernet and modem. d) I had trouble rebooting into OS 9.2 until I removed some old control panels - LaserBridge and SilverLining. e) Rebooting into OS 9.2 now seems reasonably predictable. f) By contrast, booting Classic tends to be a matter of luck. Sometimes, it gets close to booting and then stops without an error. Sometimes, it stops with a Finder error (I couldn't read the text because the message was hidden behind another window). Sometimes it works. I am wondering whether the above inconsistency is an indicator of a more serious problem - perhaps related to the original NVRAM error. I would love to know if anyone has had any success in getting Classic to boot reliably. Cheers, Charles Lakos. |
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RE: XPF + Mac OSX on G3 PowerBook |
November, 29, 2002 5:14 AM |
gchron |
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As a friend of mine had the same problem. You probably does not have a machine that is supported by XPF. So if it is a G3 powerbook, it is probably the revesion 2 and so there is no need of XPF to install OS X. So try to boot from the OS X CD without using the XPF. Just one comment. If you have a disk greater that 8 GB you will have to patition it, because the OSX cannot be installed in a partition greater that 8 GB in your machine. Please inform me if this worked |
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