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Re: Darwin 1.3.1 on beige G3 won't boot : OF says "no bootable HFS partition"

Alvin Koh wrote:
>
> I've got it running on my Beige G3. I installed in on a Maxtor Diamondmax+
> 40GB IDE drive:
>
> - 1st 4GB MacOS 9.1 and MacOS X
> - 2nd 4GB Darwin 1.3.1

The Darwin partition is the first one on the disk, and it's size is 4 GB.
I also tried installing it on an external 4 GB SCSI drive, and I got the
same result.

> My Startup Control Panel is 9.21. I am using the onboard Rage II+ video with
> 6MB VRAM. I do know that Darwin 1.2.x at least is quite fussy about this. I
> could never get it to install when I was using a 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 video card.

I also used Startup Disk 9.2.1 (also tried with System Disk 2.6.2). But you
mention that your G3 has Rage II+ video, which indicates it's a rev. A
whereas mine is a rev. B (Rage Pro video). There are a few important differences
between the two logic board (eg the rev B supports 2 drive on the same IDE
channel) which could explain why it works for you and not for me.

I guess I'll have to wait for the next release.

Thanks for your help.

P. Stadelmann
--
Patrick Stadelmann <email@hidden>

References: 
 >Darwin 1.3.1 on beige G3 won't boot : OF says "no bootable HFS partition" (From: Stadelmann Patrick <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Darwin 1.3.1 on beige G3 won't boot : OF says "no bootable HFS partition" (From: Rob Braun <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Darwin 1.3.1 on beige G3 won't boot : OF says "no bootable HFS partition" (From: Alvin Koh <email@hidden>)



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