Urgent Help needed fast!

[jj1985]

I have just reinstalled my parents computer, putting tiger on it. I also installed the classic system folder in what i thought was the right place.
When i tried to reboot in classic, it gave me a picture of a floppy disk with a flashing question mark, and it hangs like this indefinately?

What do i do? Please dont ask why i did this, just help me out! ANybody!

 

[eva01]

Well we could help you if we knew what kind of computer you were using here...

 

[BakedBeans]

I have just reinstalled my parents computer, putting tiger on it. I also installed the classic system folder in what i thought was the right place.
When i tried to reboot in classic, it gave me a picture of a floppy disk with a flashing question mark, and it hangs like this indefinately?

What do i do? Please dont ask why i did this, just help me out! ANybody!

i had that once, just before my hardrive melted...lol nah only joking. i just did an archive instal and it was fine.

was it after a kernal panic

 

[decksnap]

As far as I know, the flashing question mark means that it cannot find the OS 9 system folder on the drive. It will search any and all drives until it finds it, then boot up. Sounds to me like you just have the system folder in the wrong place.

But why are you 'rebooting into classic'? Why can't you just run Classic on top of OS X the normal way?

 

[jsw]

Tiger doesn't include OS 9, obviously, so, depending on how you "reinstalled" the computer, it would seem that you deleted the OS 9 installation. Hence, you can no longer boot into it. Also, I think that Tiger does not install Classic by default (checks PB, sees no Classic folder...), so you'll need to install it explicitly (I'm pretty sure it's still on the DVD). But... that's Classic, not bootable OS 9.

 

[decksnap]

Right- so to be clear- since you said you installed Classic, not the real OS 9, you don't reboot to load it. You launch it from inside Tiger.

 

[jj1985]

Ok, more info
It is an Imac G4 700 Mhz.
I installed classic by adding the classic system folder to the hard disk.
I cannot get past the disk question mark thingy, no matter how many times the computer is turned on and off.
How do i get it to boot back into x?

 

[superted666]

There are command keys you hold down during boot.

Power off and on and hold :

D - changes disk i thing
F -firewire disk mode
C - maybe?

there is one wich will try a different install maybe google will help!

 

[XNine]

Good God...

Okay, throw the Tiger install disc in. Reboot and listen for when the Startup chimes up and hold C during that chime, until the Install Disc asks what language you want, continue using your favorite language of choice and go to UTILITIES and then START UP DISK and then choose the volume with OS X on it.

It will reboot. Never attempt booting straight into classic again. It's not bootable, it's an emulator.

 

[jj1985]

Good God...

Okay, throw the Tiger install disc in. Reboot and listen for when the Startup chimes up and hold C during that chime, until the Install Disc asks what language you want, continue using your favorite language of choice and go to UTILITIES and then START UP DISK and then choose the volume with OS X on it.

It will reboot. Never attempt booting straight into classic again. It's not bootable, it's an emulator.

Thankyou, will try tomorrow

 

[iEdd]

There are command keys you hold down during boot.

Power off and on and hold :

D - changes disk i thing
F -firewire disk mode
C - maybe?

there is one wich will try a different install maybe google will help!

C -Boots from CD/DVD
T -Firewire target disk mode

 

[slooksterPSV]

You guys, you're making this too complex - reboot the computer hold down the ALT key before the chime sounds and it'll give you a list of the OS's you may boot into. Remember that! I do that a lot when booting up off of different volumes.

 

[asherman13]

Good God...

Okay, throw the Tiger install disc in. Reboot and listen for when the Startup chimes up and hold C during that chime, until the Install Disc asks what language you want, continue using your favorite language of choice and go to UTILITIES and then START UP DISK and then choose the volume with OS X on it.

It will reboot. Never attempt booting straight into classic again. It's not bootable, it's an emulator.

thank god somebody FINALLY said it....shame i didn't get to it sooner...

 

[Duff-Man]

You guys, you're making this too complex - reboot the computer hold down the ALT key before the chime sounds and it'll give you a list of the OS's you may boot into. Remember that! I do that a lot when booting up off of different volumes.

Duff-Man says...yes, but the thing to remember about that is it only works for *different volumes* - if you have OS X and OS 9 on the same volume that trick does not work....oh yeah!

 

[slooksterPSV]

Duff-Man says...yes, but the thing to remember about that is it only works for *different volumes* - if you have OS X and OS 9 on the same volume that trick does not work....oh yeah!

He could just hold down X to boot into OS 10 and the other thing is, when I hold down the ALT key, even if I've installed OS 9 first, and have set it to my first bootable OS, it still finds OS X rather than OS 9. At least it has on my iBook and that. That's why I bring it up.