iMac G4 800mhz needs Tinkerers' help!!

[DewGuy1999]

Yes, and boot your 800 with "alt" pressed on kbd to choose boot drive.

@DewGuy1999: if it will boot and run OK, then HDD of 800 needs to be replaced IMO. Cloning won't help as HDD is (somehow) damaged.

But isn't it possible that it has either a bad install or a corrupt install of the OS?

 

[666sheep]

A little IMO. Bad install could come from bad media or bad hardware (i.e. CPU, memory, AP card etc). In most cases installation process would stop on error.
From my experiences at least... but YMMV ofc

Let's wait for OP's response

 

[trickyred]

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Well, same deal. Grey screen with apple, and no further.

I'll retry Jaguar install again next, unless anyone else can suggest anything else?

 

[DewGuy1999]

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Well, same deal. Grey screen with apple, and no further.

I'll retry Jaguar install again next, unless anyone else can suggest anything else?

Maybe Mac OS X: How to start up in single-user or verbose mode

 

[trickyred]

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It won't go into either ....

 

[trickyred]

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Running AHT then if it passes I'm gonna slap Jaguar on it again.

 

[trickyred]

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Ok .... I have installed Jaguar from the software install and restore disc and it's working ok!! I've restarted 3 times and it is still ticking along OK!!

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread - although I may be back!!

Cheers

 

[DewGuy1999]

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Ok .... I have installed Jaguar from the software install and restore disc and it's working ok!! I've restarted 3 times and it is still ticking along OK!!

Thanks to all who contributed to this thread - although I may be back!!

Cheers

Excellent! Enjoy!