[BozeMUG] Success ;o)

[Juelie McLean]

I just wanted to let you all know that I figured out how to resolve 
the problem with the iMac that would not boot up without the 8.6 OS 
CD in.  I thank those that did try to help me out  ;o)

I went on line looking for anyone who had the same problem (bootr, 
unknown word, Failed Boot, etc).  I found many suggestions, but the 
one that worked for me was:

When the grey screen came up with the "bootr unknown word" text, I 
typed in "mac-boot" and hit return and it worked!  The computer 
started to boot up without any CD in it.  Another suggestion was to 
reset the PRAM, which I was unable to do until after I had  used the 
"mac-boot".  Other suggestions were to type in "set-defaults" and hit 
return and then type in "reset" and hit return.  This did not work. 
Another suggestion was type in "reset-nvram" and hit return and also 
type in "reset-all" and hit return....but that was not necessary as 
the grey screen no longer comes up....thank goodness.  As you can 
see, I am not a "programmer"!!  But thank goodness for Google  ;o)  I 
tried the Apple site, but no matter what search words I put in, I 
never came up with any article to help me.  Not to say they were not 
there, I just didn't find them.

Juelie

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Juelie McLean wrote:
>Tonight one of the older iMac's come up with a grey screen and says:
>
>bootr, unknown word
>Failed boot
>Apple iMac Open Firmware 3.0 f3 built on 12-02-98 at 10:25:41
>
>The computer was running 8.6, so I put in a Mac OS 8.6 disk and held 
>down the "c" key.  The grey screen with the above message comes up 
>again, so I typed in "boot" and hit return.  It then started up from 
>the CD and shows the HD with all that was previously on it.  I did a 
>clean install and then did a reinstall with no changes in start up. 
>I ran the CD disk doctor utility on the HD and it said the HD was 
>"OK".  I can not get it to shut down without running from the CD.
>
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                     Juelie McLean
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