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From: J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@but.see
To: All
Subject: Re: Can't load OS X.x.x on G4,
Date:Sat, July 05, 2008 10:42 PM


On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 20:02:52 -0400, Etop Udoh wrote
(in article <zHVii.7415$K9.1600@bignews6.bellsouth.net>):

>
> I can't get my Mac G4 to load OS X...
> I get a gray circle with a slash in it...
> any ideas what this means other than trouble ?

The system can't find a bootable system.

> I have replaced everything except for the motherboard and
> power supply after the intial install.
> So either the install is corrupted in the beginning or
> I actually have a bad motherboard.

When you replaced the hard drive, what did you replace it with, and did it
have a system installed?

>
> I haven't tried reinstalling with all the new components,

Did you at least try to boot from your System CD?

> I just rebooted everytime I changed something.
>
> thanks..
>
>



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