IBook G4 won't boot anymore! help!

I am having a problem booting my iBook G4. I think it is just a full hard drive and therefore cannot load OS X. Is there anyway I can force it to load, so I can work my way around the problem and delete some things?

Lots of elements there - hard to know where to start…
FWIW I've never, ever reset the PRAM on any of my XServes - even after upgrading memory. It's just never been necessary so I'm going to ignore all the stuff about PRAM and OF since I think it's a red herring.
... installing the only OS I had on CDs, which is 10.3.
Is this 10.3 Server or just client? If it's client, is it from a retail box or a set of disks bundled with a specific machine (most bundled disks only boot the specific model they're bundled with).
Server, BTW, comes with the Remote Desktop agent pre-installed. The Server OS also supports remote installation.
The MacBook Pro would see an Apple firewire device but no drive would mount
It sounds to me like the boot volume is host - possibly from the failed 10.5 install. At this point I think your best option is to go back to the bootable CD you have (10.3) and restart from there - at least as far as booting the system to where you can reformat the disks to a known state.

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Won't boot anymore but in safe mode

My laptop won't boot anymore. I get a gray screen with a prohibition sign. Here's what I found so far:
If I boot in the verbose mode it gets stuck on something like Looking for boot device.
I zapped the PRAM. Didn't help.
I can boot in safe mode.
I used Disk Utility to check the drive and permisions. Everything ok.
I can't boot from the original Snow Leopard DVD. I press C, the drive spins then stops.
I reinstalled Snow Leopard from the safe mode. Didn't help.
In safe mode Safari is crazy slow. Firefox runs full speed.
Any idea?

Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
Do the following:
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install the Combo Updater for the version you prefer from support.apple.com/downloads/.
Unless you can boot from your installer DVD there's nothing you can do to reinstall OS X, so I'm not sure how you did reinstall as you said.
Booting From An OS X Installer Disc
1. Insert OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
4. Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
5. Wait for installer to finish loading.

Powermac G5 1.8Ghz June 2004 won't boot anymore

Hi all,
Past week i've bought a second hand PM G5. At first it seems to be all ok, but right now its not working anymore.
I've managed to install the OSX on the first evening i've had the PM G5. After installing evrything seemed to be fine. But after 30 minutes surfing on the internet, it froze. I had to give it an hard reset by holding down the power button.
After turning it of, it won't boot anymore. after a few times trying with 10 secconds between it, i unpluged the powercabel for 2 minutes. Wile turning it on after 2 minutes, it was booting , but it stopped booting after 1,5 minute and froze.. after hard resetting it, i've managed to boot it right. The OS seemed to be ok again, but after 5 till 10 minutes it froze again.
Right now it won't boot anymore... it starts (without the front light, this light only blinks fast once i turn it on, but after that no more. Sometimes it won''t even flash.
I've been buzzy replacing some components to get to know if it was a hardware fail. I've first replaced the PSU with two other PSU's from the PM G5, but won't do a thing.
The i've replaced the memory with 4 kind of difrent pairs, but won't do a thing either. At last i replaced the Logic Board, this won't even do a thing about it.
Of course i replaced the PRAM battery first, but also this won't help me.
I've tested it in AHT, but evrything was working well, according to AHT. I've managed to get the system log, but nothing scarry though here also, only some 122 errors some times. (download the system log here: http://www.mijnbestand.nl/Bestand-F4DDN66WLRCI.log )
I've reset al things possible like PRAM reset, PMU reset. Nothing seem to be working.
What can i do next to get this thing work?? I'm getting nut's here..
Please help..
Thanks a Lot
MArtijn Snoek

Hi martijnsnoek, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Can you count the beeps or flashes?
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)
5 beeps = processor is not usable
In addition to the beeps, on some computers the power LED will flash a corresponding number of times plus one. The LED will repeat the sequence after approximately a 5-second pause. The tones are only played once.
Note: In this case, a flash is considered to be 1/4 second or 250 ms or greater in length.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547
So, with the info you given, two things come to mind...
Bad solder joints around the RAM slots, try heating that area with a Hair Dryer for 3 to 5 minutes, then see if it starts.
If you can get it running, Get Temperature Monitor to see if it's heat related...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/12381/temperature-monitor
And/or iStat Pro...
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
If you have any temps in the 70°C/160°F range, that's likely it.
BTW, have you blown the dust out of it since you got it?

Won't boot anymore after nvidia-xconfig

Hey Guys,
Got a problem with my Arch Linux here, hope you can help.
Today I tried to install the official Nvidia Driver and BumbleBee following along the great Wiki on this topic.
Everything worked just fine and I also could run optirun gfxgear or somemthing like this.
I wanted to switch to the Nvidia Settings in the settings menu and it told me to configure my xconfig and restart x so I typed nvidia-xconfig in the terminal and it gave me an success output.
I restarted my system and now it hangs on the graphical thing I think. It won't boot anymore.
Hope you can help me out.
Thanks alot
Edit: My Nvidia Card is a Nvidia GT 740M if this matters
Last edited by Whitz (2015-02-09 11:02:41)

No, I have a laptop with 2 graphic cards an intel hd4000 and a nvidia gt 740m.
I ran the Arch Linux installation well until I tried to get the nvidia gt working with bumblebee.
I followed the wiki of the bumblebee topic and it worked well. I wanted to switch into the nvidia settings and it told me my x isnt configured properly and I should type nvidia-xconfig and restart X.
After the restart it won't boot to the graphical interface anymore.
Hope this cleared up the things
Also I dont get any errors but it just wont load..
Last edited by Whitz (2015-02-09 12:08:49)

SRW248G4P switch won't boot anymore

I have a Linksys Cisco Small Business switch model SRW248G4P which won't boot anymore. This is what I see with Putty when it boots (console interface):
Image Loader 1.0.1
Loading Diagnostic Image File : SRW224G4P_SRW248G4P_boot.bix
Diagnostic 1.0.1
in
The boot file seems to be the problem.
Does anyone have a solution for this problem? Some kind of hardware reset?
Kind regards
(I know it is not officially supported anymore, but I am still looking for some help)

Hi Aleksandra,
Thank you for your reply. By pressing Crtl+u rapidly while booting I managed to get in the download/xmodem menu.
Output:
Image Loader 1.0.1
File Name                         S/Up Type Size       Create Time
$logfile_1                          0    3         64 1193046:28:15
Factory_Default_Config.cfg          0    5        354 24:01:02
SRW224G4P_SRW248G4P_boot.bix        1    1    1377600 00:01:03
SRW224G4P_SRW248G4P_image.bix       1    2    3517532 00:03:42
certificate                         0    8      18040 24:00:55
startup-config                      1    5       5596 25:40:57
startup1.cfg                        0    5       5537 24:01:14
Free Space : 2097152
[X]modem Download [D]elete File [S]et Startup File
[Q]uit
Select>
Which image should I send to the switch?
The image provided by the official support page:
http://software.cisco.com/download/type.html?mdfid=282414078&flowid=3659
(version 1.0.2 or version 1.3.1)
Or the image referred to by vasukris (Moorthy) (above) (version 1.2.3 or version 1.2.2b)
Considering the advice of Tom Watts
( https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/11733231/srw248g4p-loader-binary-checksum-error-runtime-loading-fail-system-halt )
"1.2.2a is 1.0.6 boot code.
1.2.2b is 1.0.1 boot code.
1.2.3.0 is 1.0.2 boot code
It looks like you're using 1.0.1 boot code so the 1.2.2b firmware should be for you."
Thank you in advance!

My iBook g4 won't boot up

My iBook g4 won't boot up.... I tried the option key and there is a reset option maybe and then it loads and after that the blue screen comes and after that only blue.

Hi, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds as though it could be having hard drive problems. Have you tried starting up in Safe Mode? If not, I suggest that you give it a try. This will take quite awhile longer than a normal startup because it does a file check and repair of the hard disk.
If this works you will see your normal desktop. Once completely started up in Safe Mode, try to restart normally, and go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility. Click on the top hard drive icon in the left sidebar and note the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom right of the pane. What does it say?
Select the named boot volume in the left sidebar, ("Macintosh HD" unless you've renamed it). What is the hard drive capacity and how much space remains available on it? Repair permissions on it.
See if you are able to do a little hard drive maintenance to help things out.

IBook G4 Won't Boot - Anything!

Hey!
I have a G4 iBook that won't boot! It's a friend's. She brought it over, and it was showing the "question mark folder", so I figured I'd just boot from a CD and see what's happening, but no go. I tried to boot it in Firewire Target Disk mode, but nothing mounted, except one time I left the CD-ROM in the drive and it mounted.
So, it can't boot from the HD, can't boot from a CD-ROM, and it can't be started in Target Disk mode. Nor can I start it in Single User mode. I zapped the PRAM, but that didn't help. I figured the HD's shot, but that doesn't explain why it can't boot from a disk, right?
I'm stumped - any ideas, folks?

You will NOT be able to startup any Mac that shipped with Panther with a retail copy of Panther. The retail copies are for people who are updating. That iBook may require Mac OS X 10.3.4 or even 10.3.8 to startup and the Panther install CDs are probably 10.3.0.
If you don't have the original install disks, I would recommend making a trip to an Apple retail store. The Mac Genius there has access to all the install disks for every type of Mac. They can help you get a whole new set or let you borrow something like the Apple Hardware Test disk for that model iBook.
-Doug

Mac mini won't boot anymore

My Mac mini won't boot anymore. It's been running fine for months.
It's running Leopard Server 10.5.2 Build 9C31
It starts to boot, I get the first spinning gear with the gray screen, then the blue desktop blinks, then a second spinning gear on a gray screen and it appears to hang (the gear stops spinning).
I booted off the install DVD, ran disk utility, repaired the HD, repaired the permissions: the behavior is the same.
Safe mode doesn't work (same hang as above).
Single user mode does work.
I can connect to it via Server Admin while it appears hung.
The last few lines of the system log are:
May 15 18:38:58 server emond[67]: SetUpLogs: uid = 0 gid = 0
May 15 18:38:58 server emond[67]: SetUpLogs: opening /Library/Logs/EventMonitor/EventMonitor.error.log
May 15 18:38:59 server kextd[23]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
May 15 18:39:09 server KernelEventAgent[59]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (12)
May 15 18:39:20 server kernel[0]: display: Not usable
May 15 18:39:20 server com.apple.KerberosAutoConfig[126]: Kerberos configuration is up to date
May 15 18:39:20 server com.apple.ATSServer[125]: FODBCheck: New annex file created
May 15 18:39:21 server ARDAgent [130]: ******ARDAgent Launched******
May 15 18:39:21 server com.apple.KerberosAutoConfig[132]: Kerberos configuration is up to date
May 15 18:39:22 server ARDAgent [130]: call logout from LoginLogoutProxyCallBackFunction
May 15 18:39:22 server com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent): Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds
May 15 18:39:24 server loginwindow[58]: Login Window Started Security Agent
May 15 18:39:29 server servermgrd[53]: servermgr_calendar: created default calendar virtual host
May 15 18:39:31 server ARDAgent [146]: ******ARDAgent Launched******
May 15 18:39:32 server ARDAgent [146]: ******ARDAgent Ready******
May 15 18:39:33 server mdworker[109]: (Error) SyncInfo: Boot-cache avoidance timed out!
May 15 18:39:54 server Python[47]: CGImageSourceCreateWithData data parameter is nil
May 15 18:39:54 server com.apple.wikid[47]: Thu May 15 18:39:54 server.jeff.carpenter.name Python[47] <Error>: CGImageSourceCreateWithData data parameter is nil\n
May 15 18:39:56 server kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - bad packet received. length: 1440, packet status bits: MII error
May 15 18:39:56 server kernel[0]: AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000001 sk98osx sky2 - - sk98osx_sky2::replaceOrCopyPacket tried N times
May 15 18:49:54 server kernel[0]: serialnumberd 194 FSWRITEDATA SBF /dev/dtracehelper 13 (seatbelt)
May 15 18:49:54 server kernel[0]: serialnumberd 194 FSREADDATA SBF /dev/autofs_nowait 13 (seatbelt)
May 15 18:49:54 server kernel[0]: serialnumberd 194 FSREADDATA SBF /usr/sbin 13 (seatbelt)
May 15 18:55:12 server kernel[0]: AppleYukon2 - bad packet received. length: 23, packet status bits: MII error
Any ideas?

Yes, it's been running Server since I purchased it.
I doubt the serial number is in use elsewhere: I purchased the 10-user version at a retail store in a sealed package and I've only installed it once.

IBook G4 won't boot using Install Disk

My iBook g4 won't boot from its original Mac OS X Install Disk (10.4.2).
When I try to start by holding down the 'C' key, the drive starts to spin up the disk, but then starts up from the hard drive.
When using the System Preferences to select the install disk as the start up drive, it shows in the preference pane, I can select it, but when it restarts, I get a flashing question mark before the computer continues by booting up from the hard drive.
I've also tried holding down the 'Option' key to run the Apple Hardware Test on the disk, but my internal hard drive is my only option when trying this.
I find it odd that the drive would work normally for all other purposes (reading/writing CD and DVD's), but will not start up from it.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or suggestions!

An update:
I tested the startup disk using an external FireWire DVD drive and received the exact same results as when attempting to boot from my iBook's internal drive.
Since it's definitely not the drive, I'd have to agree with you that my install disk is bad (although I'm still at a loss as how an undamaged install disk goes bad).
You mentioned that Apple Support would replace the disks for a fee. I went through the Apple Support page and which led me to a page informing me that I had to pay $50 to talk to them once about this issue. I'm hesitant to spend $50 on a call where they'll tell me I can purchase new 10.4 install disks for the discounted fee of $50+shipping for a total investment that's almost the cost of simply upgrading to 10.5.
Has anyone actually purchased replacement install disks from Apple? I'd be interested in knowing what you were charged.
Or is there another method of contacting Apple regarding this issue that won't cost me $50?

Re: Satellite C850 won't boot anymore - broken HDD

Hello Folks,
I bought a *Toshiba Satellite C850 - 1F2* with *+Windows 8+*.
After installing, upgrading to *+Windows 8.1+* and setting up everything, the whole machine worked pretty fine.
BUT since yesterday the laptop won't boot anymore!
When I turn it on, the HDD makes click and click and the system tries to boot from DVD, from USB, from HDD, from IPV4, from IPV6 and then it says, that there is no bootable device.
Unfortunately I wanted to make the +Windows 8 Restoration-/Rescue-DVDs+ this weekend!
Huh!!!
Well, I still have an *+original Windows-7-DVD and license+*, which would be good as well (I used it the last years).
*YET*, I cannot install *+Windows 7+*.
It says something like that, that +this system is not available for Secure Boot+.
I read about "Secure Boot".
So I pressed F2, turned the laptop on and could with this reach the BIOS.
It is a *+InsydeH20 Rev. 3.7+*.
*BUT*, when I go to "Boot Mode" I can only see, that this option is greyed and I cannot change from +UEFI Boot+ to +CSM Boot+.
Even the change of the HDD made no difference.
I put in my old HDD with Windows 7 installed (wich works in the other laptop), but the system won't boot, for it is +not suitable for Secure Boot+.
*So, WHAT NOW?*
I mean, it cannot really be the Toshiba politics, that you need to throw away your laptop, if the HDD breaks, can it?
For I didn't create the Rescue-DVD, I have just my Windows 7 DVD and another HDD with installed Windows 7.
Do I need to buy another Windows 8 licence and another HDD, to install Windows 8 (suitable for Secure Boot) again?
Would it even work like that?
Or is there any chance to upgrade the BIOS, for that I can then change from UEFI Boot to CSM Boot?
Or is there any other chance, to use my other HDD with Windows 7, or at least a new clean HDD, on wich I then can install my Windows 7 OS?
I hope, that someone can give me any good advice, what to do now ... without throwing the Toshiba laptop away ;)
Thanks in advance!

If the HDD died, in needs to be replaced.
If notebook is still covered by warranty, the HDD will be replaced free of charge. If warranty isnt valid, you will need to pay for the new HDD.
I think this understandable.
_Now some facts about the Recovery disk._
If you did not create a recovery disk in the past, you could order the recovery medium on this page: http://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
The recovery disk would install the Toshiba image and would set the notebook back to the same state like at the first day of purchase.
_Regarding the Win 7 installation:_
Usually to install the non UEFI capable system, the secure boot needs to be disabled and boot mode needs to be set to CSM mode.
If this isnt possible you should update the BIOS but to do that you need an running Windows system (Win 8).

Satellite L40 18P won't boot anymore

Hello folks,
my Satellite L40 18P won't boot anymore. All I get is the Power LED to go green. The DVD ROM drive blinks and I can open and close it - but that's it. Nothing else happens.
Any idea in the forum what I can do to get the notebook boot again ? Or please ask questions for additional details.
many thanks, Johi 13

Hi,
wow, that was fast.
No, I can't see anything - the screen stays black. I do not hear the HDD start, neither do I hear the fan.
This behavior appeard for the first time yesterday evening.
Last activity was (if I remember correctly) closing the lid and sending the notebook to standby.
So far, I haven't tested it with an external monitor.
thanks, Johi13

Btrfs: System won't boot anymore after unclean shutdown

Hi,
I have a problem with my ArchLinux (kernel 3.19.2-1-ARCH).
I have my root partition as BTRFS and no /boot partition.
After an unclean shutdown the system won't boot anymore.
GRUB loads the kernel and the kernel starts but it hangs saying: Mounted /dev/sda3 on real root.
Then, I have to start a Live CD and do:
btrfsck /dev/sda3
After that the system boots correctly.
I've tried adding fsck to the HOOKS in the mkinitcpio.conf file and in fact it tries to fsck the filesystem (but with BTRFS, fsck.btrfs doesn't work...)
What can I do?
Thanks

I'm also having this problem. I tried booting up the netinstall image to debug it, but I can't mount my btrfs volume from there either: mount just hangs. After a while, the kernel goes:
[...] INFO: task mount:612 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[...] Not tainted 3.19.2-1-ARCH #1
[...] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[...] INFO: task btrfs-transacti:636 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[...] Not tainted 3.19.2-1-ARCH #1
[...] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
From this post I guessed that I might just need to wait so that I could defrag the volume once it was mounted, but it's been hanging for over 15min now (the message above continues to come up periodically).
Like the OP in the thread I linked to above, my btrfs volume is inside an LVM volume (which is on dm-crypt). Don't know whether that's relevant.
Output of btrfs-check:
Checking filesystem on /dev/pixie/btrfs
UUID: e04cc661-e31a-4dbf-870d-664bc913e34a
found 76855677062 bytes used err is 1
total csum bytes: 72928436
total tree bytes: 2092515328
total fs tree bytes: 1888452608
total extent tree bytes: 104644608
btree space waste bytes: 357251032
file data blocks allocated: 181197139968
referenced 109440282624
btrfs-progs v3.19
dmesg output:
[ 36.824998] Btrfs loaded
[ 36.826713] BTRFS: device fsid e04cc661-e31a-4dbf-870d-664bc913e34a devid 1 transid 98618 /dev/dm-3
[ 46.219014] BTRFS info (device dm-3): disk space caching is enabled
[ 46.259830] BTRFS: detected SSD devices, enabling SSD mode
[ 240.333313] INFO: task mount:539 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 240.335542] Not tainted 3.19.2-1-ARCH #1
[ 240.337795] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 240.340263] mount D ffff8800cf2837f8 0 539 453 0x00000000
[ 240.340277] ffff8800cf2837f8 ffff8800cf2331b0 0000000000013f00 ffff8800cf283fd8
[ 240.340286] 0000000000013f00 ffffffff81818540 ffff8800cf2331b0 ffff8802094f67a8
[ 240.340291] 0000000000000004 ffff8800cf283758 ffffffffa0a2fc91 ffff8802094f67a8
[ 240.340298] Call Trace:
[ 240.340335] [<ffffffffa0a2fc91>] ? set_extent_buffer_dirty+0x71/0xc0 [btrfs]
[ 240.340357] [<ffffffffa0a05796>] ? btrfs_buffer_uptodate+0x56/0x80 [btrfs]
[ 240.340366] [<ffffffff8155e999>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[ 240.340389] [<ffffffffa0a47745>] btrfs_tree_lock+0x65/0x200 [btrfs]
[ 240.340396] [<ffffffff810b4380>] ? wait_woken+0x90/0x90
[ 240.340410] [<ffffffffa09e5cd9>] btrfs_search_slot+0x799/0xaa0 [btrfs]
[ 240.340425] [<ffffffffa09e79f5>] btrfs_insert_empty_items+0x75/0xd0 [btrfs]
[ 240.340446] [<ffffffffa0a47a37>] btrfs_insert_orphan_item+0x67/0xa0 [btrfs]
[ 240.340465] [<ffffffffa0a4a12e>] insert_orphan_item+0x5e/0x90 [btrfs]
[ 240.340482] [<ffffffffa0a4c531>] replay_one_buffer+0x361/0x380 [btrfs]
[ 240.340504] [<ffffffffa0a2f244>] ? alloc_extent_buffer+0x34/0x370 [btrfs]
[ 240.340523] [<ffffffffa0a488f3>] walk_down_log_tree+0x1d3/0x410 [btrfs]
[ 240.340540] [<ffffffffa0a48bfb>] walk_log_tree+0xcb/0x1d0 [btrfs]
[ 240.340558] [<ffffffffa0a507f7>] btrfs_recover_log_trees+0x1e7/0x490 [btrfs]
[ 240.340575] [<ffffffffa0a4c1d0>] ? replay_one_dir_item+0xf0/0xf0 [btrfs]
[ 240.340596] [<ffffffffa0a08b3e>] open_ctree+0x17ae/0x2030 [btrfs]
[ 240.340609] [<ffffffffa09dd633>] btrfs_mount+0x843/0x920 [btrfs]
[ 240.340618] [<ffffffff8117b7aa>] ? pcpu_alloc+0x35a/0x680
[ 240.340628] [<ffffffff811d5d68>] mount_fs+0x38/0x1c0
[ 240.340634] [<ffffffff8117bb05>] ? __alloc_percpu+0x15/0x20
[ 240.340641] [<ffffffff811f116b>] vfs_kern_mount+0x6b/0x120
[ 240.340647] [<ffffffff811f4184>] do_mount+0x224/0xb40
[ 240.340653] [<ffffffff811f4dae>] SyS_mount+0x7e/0xe0
[ 240.340661] [<ffffffff81562809>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17
[ 240.340671] INFO: task btrfs-transacti:561 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
[ 240.342927] Not tainted 3.19.2-1-ARCH #1
[ 240.345175] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 240.348473] btrfs-transacti D ffff88020b88bd98 0 561 2 0x00000000
[ 240.348483] ffff88020b88bd98 ffff880211edc590 0000000000013f00 ffff88020b88bfd8
[ 240.348491] 0000000000013f00 ffff8802162289f0 ffff880211edc590 ffff8802094a70c8
[ 240.348496] ffff8802094d8000 ffff880200000000 ffff8802094d8000 ffff880200000033
[ 240.348501] Call Trace:
[ 240.348511] [<ffffffff811b5d1a>] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x16a/0x180
[ 240.348525] [<ffffffffa09e07ca>] ? btrfs_free_path+0x2a/0x40 [btrfs]
[ 240.348543] [<ffffffffa0a64213>] ? __btrfs_run_delayed_items+0xf3/0x1d0 [btrfs]
[ 240.348550] [<ffffffff8155e999>] schedule+0x29/0x70
[ 240.348568] [<ffffffffa0a0b555>] btrfs_commit_transaction+0x2a5/0xbe0 [btrfs]
[ 240.348573] [<ffffffff810b4380>] ? wait_woken+0x90/0x90
[ 240.348590] [<ffffffffa0a06fc5>] transaction_kthread+0x1d5/0x240 [btrfs]
[ 240.348605] [<ffffffffa0a06df0>] ? btrfs_cleanup_transaction+0x5a0/0x5a0 [btrfs]
[ 240.348611] [<ffffffff81091748>] kthread+0xd8/0xf0
[ 240.348617] [<ffffffff81091670>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1c0/0x1c0
[ 240.348624] [<ffffffff81562758>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90
[ 240.348629] [<ffffffff81091670>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x1c0/0x1c0
Last edited by ouroboros8 (2015-04-02 12:37:25)

My ibook g4 won't start anymor from the harddisk. so I tried to reinstall the system from the orginial system cd. Doesn't work. It says the system cd is damaged. What should I do?

my ibook g4 won't start anymor from the harddisk. so I tried to reinstall the system from the orginial system cd. Doesn't work. It says the system cd is damaged. What should I do?

I would question that error message if the Mac OS X 10.5 DVD doesn't work, either.
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Hi from another idiot iMac user (I last posted when I spilled a glass of water on my desktop's keyboard...)
I dropped my iBook G4 on the stairs this morning Since it sort of slid down the carpeting I thought I'd be OK but it was just like the other used described - Apple logo, spinning startup icon, a few clicks and whirrs then nothing.
I followed your instructions below, and the Installer loaded. I have clicked on Introduction, agreed with the licensing, selected a destination (clicked on HD), but then I got a message "You cannot install Mac OS X on this volume without changing your install settings. Click Options to change settings. A newer version of Mac OS is installed."
I never got a Repair Disk button. I never installed newer software, unless it was an update that downloaded from Apple. What should I do?
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Mary

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I have this hard drive that I'm almost certain works (I can install tiger on it without it crashing) but it refuses to boot to tiger. I know it's not the iBook itself because I have a different hard drive that boots great, even in other iBooks too. I'm figuring the mbr config is jacked up, and ive already tried option apple pr and reset nv ram, reset defaults, and so forth in the firmware. How do I make this darn thing boot? And yes, I have tried to boot directly from the cd, but when it restarts it just sits there with the two faced mac face and the blinking question mark. I bet I'm going to have to do some magic in the OF, but I don't know what to type, so yeah...
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But you said:
+I'm trying to boot from the OS X Tiger CD, and I know there's nothing wrong with it because I've done a full install on another hard drive and it was fine.+
Are you saying it did boot off the CD and install, but now it won't boot off the CD?
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