etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 20, 2003 2:11 AM |
spokanekevin |
System: Power Mac 8600 w/ NewerTech G4/350 card, 8x128MB DIMMS (all are 60 ns w/ x244 specification to met card requirements), 18 G internal hard drive with first partion about 7 Gig to stay below OS X 8 G requirement; OS 9.1 and OS 9.2.2 installed in separate system folders. Boots OS 9.1 and 9.2.2 just fine. First partition on internal drive: formatted HFS+ and around 7 GB for the OSX install Second Partition is for Classic Third partition is for OS 9 copied the OS X CD to the Classic partition & that is where we try to install it from. SO installing from the partition classic to the partition OS X. the system extensions begin copying, then the computer reboots, you get the gray apple startup screen (indicating OS X as opposed to the earlier smily mac, then a DOS-like screen with lots of white and yellow text (I guess this is the OS X unix-like shell). Sorry for not knowing everything, I've always been a Mac user and this stuff is new in OS X. The last lines are: /etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/rc.boot /etc/master.passwd: Is a directory (sits here forever and ever) same thing if you reboot. I can reboot into 9.2 or 9.1 by holding down option sometimes, or booting from an external hard drive with 9.2.1 and using that startup disk control panel. Have already tried: -removing RAM, down to 256 MB not interleaved (using A1 and A2 slots) removed all PCI cards reset PRAM copied the OS X CD to a separate had drive partition & install from there tried xpostfacto 2.2.5 and a beta 3.0 - exact same stopping point for the OSX boot.. Have looked through the forums & not finding this issue. No video cards, using the 8600 internal. also note that original processor was the 250 Mhz (if this helps you identify motherboard or other issues) Internal hard drive is SCSI 0 (have never changed it) I don't know what else to add that would be helpful. Please, any help would be appreciated. Everything I read in the support pages and forums indicates that the 8600 should be one of the easiest machines to install OS X on. The OS 9 helper for 9.2 and 9l.2.1 had no problems at all. I don't know if I'll be able to find this thread again, so if you post, please e-mail a copy to spokanekevin@hotmail.com if it's not too much trouble. Thank you! |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
November, 03, 2003 12:53 PM |
spokanekevin |
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I'm done with it. I'll just buy a new Mac if I want to run OS X. Anybody know how to get refunds for Sonnet PCI X Installer and XPostfacto forums? |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 31, 2003 7:26 PM |
steven-nelson |
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I have the same problem with etc/rc.boot and etc/master.password. But then I am trying to do the near impossible - install 10.1 on a PMac 6500. The normal boot drive is SCSI 16Gig, but the ATA is ~60Gig, with 4 partitions, the first 2 each 8Gig. I am trying to install OSX onto Drive1 (partition1). The files of the install CD have been copied to the 2nd partition (Drive2, then renamed to Mac OS Install CD). I can't install from the real CD, since the SCSI devices are locked out when the XPF restarts from install, hence the install is from ATA partition. XPF install works up to the point where I get the etc/rc.boot and etc/ master.password is not a directory errors. Then I am stuck in a shell (I can't tell if it is sh or zsh.) Also I seem to be stuck with a 1 volume machine (the 2nd partition I am trying to install from.) The 1st partition I am installing to is not reachable, nor are the other two ATA partitions, nor the OS9 SCSI drive. This is a very bare bones BSD installation, just a few very standard unix cmds. Close, but no cigar yet on the PM6500 :-( Anyway to continue install from within OSX? --Steve |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 31, 2003 7:10 PM |
steven-nelson |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 31, 2003 3:45 AM |
mjoecups358 |
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I had this happen once, and it turned out to be a missing link (hehe). In the root directory you should see a link to etc. If it isn't there, you can make it via ln command (try man ln in the terminal). Simply recreating the link to etc restored my computer to a working state. |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 29, 2003 1:44 PM |
spokanekevin |
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The 18 GB internal hard drive I earlier described was set to SCSI ID 0. I don't know what the LUN was, but I know that I can find that out later in Norton Utilities, or possibly SCSI Probe. I have reinstalled the original 4 GB drive at SCSI 0, and reassigned the 18 GB drive to SCSI 1 on the internal chain. The CD ROM is 3, and the ZIP is 5. I guess I need to go back and look at the chain and the pins on the drives to make sure that the end drive (this should be the 18 GB drive) is terminated. I think I have enough paperwork to get through that part. Some idiosyncrasies to note: Multiple times after attempting to install OS X onto a partition of the 18 GB drive (when I had three partitions), the computer would not reboot from the internal drive even from the old OS 9 partition. When booted up from the external hard drive or the OS 9 CD ROM, I would use the Apple Drive Setup program, adn discover that the option to mount each partition at setup was disabled. You could enable it, but when you go back in to look again, it would be unchecked. The only solution I have found to resolve this is to reformat the drive after a failed OS X install. Additionally, when I have successfully gotten back into OS 9 after a failed install of OS X there has usually been a very significant delay in mounting the hard drives during every subsequent boot process. This has only been resolved so far by doing clean reinstall of OS 9. Right now I can do everything I need to do in OS 9 and am finding that the upgrade is not the so simple 3 extra clicks that has been touted everywhere. I'll probably attempt an install to the 4-gig drive at SCSI 0 and if that doesn't work, I'm thinking about just sticking with OS 9.0 or 9.1 and maybe 9.2.2 folder so I can run the current version of MSN Messenger. The only other thing I can think of is to take out the NewerTech card and try it with the original 250 MHz 604 processor. Anybody for or against that? |
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E: etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/maste |
October, 24, 2003 5:47 PM |
smwalker |
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I think you need to look at SCSI ID issues and termination issues. OS 9 is very forgiving of problems in these areas, but OSX is very intolerant of problems in the SCSI chain. You might try SCSI probe and running it in OS 9 to get a good idea that you don't have problems with SCSI ID's or termination issues. Sometimes the internal SCSI drive (LUN 0) has to be switched w/ the external(LUN 1) in order for OSX to work. There is a question of other issues related to "disable attention unit" that might require more homework from you. There are many places on the web that have SCSI tutorials that are mentioned elsewhere in these forums. |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 24, 2003 3:38 PM |
spokanekevin |
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The installs were done one of two ways: (1) from the OS X CD while the computer was booted from the hard drive in OS 9.1 (2) from a hard drive partition to which the CD was copied using the drag-and-drop method. By dragging the CD icon and not the window contents, the invisible files within the root direcoty also get copied. THe computer was booted from OS 9.1 partition. The results were the same for either install. |
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E: etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/maste |
October, 20, 2003 7:19 PM |
smwalker |
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Did you use Diskcopy to copy the contents of the installation CD's to your hard drive or did you use the finder's copy program? If you didn't use Diskcopy, you won't have a perfect image (.dmg) of your CD. Also, it sounds like OSX is telling you in unix lingo that it can't open the input file you created for installation. I honestly don't know if you can install from a disk image made with Diskcopy for OSX. Did you install 'bootx', 'extensions', and clarify it as a startup item? |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 20, 2003 4:59 PM |
spokanekevin |
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As far as I can tell I've done everything to the book as far as the online instructions at "http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/framework.cfm? page=XPostFacto.html" go. If anyone knows of further or more extensive instructions or troubleshooting, I'd be interested. |
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E: etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/maste |
October, 20, 2003 4:47 PM |
gregoryy |
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Hey, that 8GB stuff is for ATA only. Ignore it if you wish when using SCSI drives. (Some PCI IDE cards also let you ignore the rule, too, if they show in ASP as "SCSI" host adapters.) Are you following the steps and guide outlined by XPostFacto? Give it a try. |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 20, 2003 4:11 PM |
spokanekevin |
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To clarify: the first partition (called Mac OS X) is where I intend to install OS X to and I made sure it's entirey within the first 8-gig. Then there are two other partitions, one that will be used for Classic and one for a free install of OS 9. I have the OS X CD that has the installer for OS X 10.0. I only have the one CD. I tried installing from the CD, but x-postfacto would not restart (button greyed out) from that CD because it reports "bootx is not installed" (is this because I'm trying to use it with a legacy machine?); when I copied the contents of the CD to one of the empty hard drive partitions (Classic, in this case) xpostfacto sees that as a suitable startup device. Then I installed the extensions to the Mac OS X partition using xpostfacto. Then I set xpostfacto to install bootx. Then I clicked "Install" and it begins copying files to the Mac OS X partition (for about 2 minutes), then the computer restarts, you have the grey apple, then all the text-based messages, and it just stops at the above-mentioned error: etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/rc.boot /etc/master.passwd: Is a directory If you restart, it goes through the startup process and stops at the same point. I can get back to my old OS 9 by rebooting from an external hard drive with OS 9 and reselecting the startup disk and system folder in the startup disk control panel. Just want to get booted into OS X if it can be done. Thank you if you can help. |
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etc/rc.boot: can't open input file: /etc/master.p |
October, 20, 2003 2:29 AM |
smwalker |
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I'm reading that you copied the OSX CD (there are two of them) to the classic partition and then I'm reading that "can't open input file". I don't know exactly what you are doing, but I chose an OS 9 partition with XPF on it and booted the OSX CD from the OS 9 partition using XPF. You don't copy the OSX CD to the installing partition, if I'm understanding you correctly. |