MoonShadow
Experienced Member
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but...
I have a powerbook g3 (wallstreet, 292MHz) that I cannot install Mac OS 8.1 on. 9.x works fine, but I need 8.1 to run certain apps that annoyingly don't run in 9.x.
The other solution is to install OS X and use virtualisation software. I have install disks for Panther (10.3), but the latest version of X that runs on wallstreets is 10.2.8. So, I've tried to use XPostFacto to get 10.3 running. No success. It boots to the grey apple and then gives me the "multi-lingual black screen of death" telling me to please restart my computer. I do so, and it just gives me exactly the same thing.
Does 8.x need some sort of enabler to run (I know PB G3s were shipped with 8.1)? Is something wrong with the firmware? Help would be greatly appreciated. (I'm entirely computer literate, e.g. comfortable with replacing the hard drive or poking around system files with resedit)
TIA, MoonShadow
I have a powerbook g3 (wallstreet, 292MHz) that I cannot install Mac OS 8.1 on. 9.x works fine, but I need 8.1 to run certain apps that annoyingly don't run in 9.x.
The other solution is to install OS X and use virtualisation software. I have install disks for Panther (10.3), but the latest version of X that runs on wallstreets is 10.2.8. So, I've tried to use XPostFacto to get 10.3 running. No success. It boots to the grey apple and then gives me the "multi-lingual black screen of death" telling me to please restart my computer. I do so, and it just gives me exactly the same thing.
Does 8.x need some sort of enabler to run (I know PB G3s were shipped with 8.1)? Is something wrong with the firmware? Help would be greatly appreciated. (I'm entirely computer literate, e.g. comfortable with replacing the hard drive or poking around system files with resedit)
TIA, MoonShadow