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G4 startup problems
Name: Adrian lloyd Date: June 17, 2003 at 11:02:35 Pacific OS: OS9.2 CPU/Ram: G4
Comment:
Hi There, I run OS9.2 on a G4 it can also run OSX but as far as I'm aware the machine has not had the OSX software installed. When I turn my machine on I am faced with the smiley mac icon but surrounding it, filling the screen is a message:- panic(cpu 0) Unable to find driver for this platform "PowerMac3, 5". There then follows a bunch of numbers it ends with panic-we are hanging here...
I think it may be trying to load OSX but as it's not been loaded it cannot find it. The problem is that the screen freezes at this point and I'm not sure what to do next to get OS9 back. Can anyone help?
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