I just wanted to let everyone know that..

In System Preferences, take a look at Classic and tell us what options you have there, and how they relate to however you've set up your system. Your problem is clearly something to do with starting up classic mode, so thats where we should start.

Now, you've told us the drive isn't partitioned. If you click "Start" in here, does classic start up? Can you boot into classic by changing the startup disk?

You may get a message that classic is not installed in the classic pref pane... Also, if you're running 10.1, you'll need to run classic in 9.22. There are some compatibility fixes in 9.22 and 10.1 will not run earlier versions of classic (I think). That's why they shipped together.

Fill us in a bit, and we'll get this straightened out for you, okay?
 
Originally posted by symphonix
In System Preferences, take a look at Classic and tell us what options you have there, and how they relate to however you've set up your system. Your problem is clearly something to do with starting up classic mode, so thats where we should start. - Bigger problem: I can't boot into X anymore, the startup bar ends, and the screen stays blue.

Now, you've told us the drive isn't partitioned. If you click "Start" in here, does classic start up? - It boots, but it'll show the wuestion mark
Can you boot into classic by changing the startup disk? - Yes.

You may get a message that classic is not installed in the classic pref panel -
No, haven't got that message.

Also, if you're running 10.1, you'll need to run classic in 9.22. - I have 9.2.2.
There are some compatibility fixes in 9.22 and 10.1 will not run earlier versions of classic (I think). That's why they shipped together.

Fill us in a bit, and we'll get this straightened out for you, okay? - Thanks, I appreciate it.
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I just booted up from the 9.1 cd and booted to 9.2.2, but I'm afraid if I try to boot in X, I'll get the same problem, does anyone know what's wrong?
 
1. reinstall Mac OS X
2. run software update and try to upgrade your system Install anything that seems somewhat vail, but not the localizations)
3. if 2 doesn't work, go to the apple support page and download the installer update, networking update, securiity update, and Mac OS X 10.1.5 update.
 
Originally posted by chemistry_geek
And if you didn't know already, you NEVER, EVER, purchase an extended warrenty with any product. It is a waste of money. Purchasing "help" for an Apple Computer goes along the lines of the oxymoron "Microsoft Works". You should never need help operating an Apple Computer; they're designed to be the easiest computers to use.
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Hell no!

An extended warrantee is VERY good. I've had a couple of problems in the last year with my cube that probably would've cost upwards of $100 (labor and parts) if I didn't have the extended warrantee. Plus, you get three years of free technical support, whereas you only get 90 days with the regular warrantee.

$249 (or is it $149 for desktops) is NOT THAT MUCH for peace of mind with your computer.
 
Originally posted by testuser
Before re-installing OS X, I would first check to make sure that the hard drive is OK. Either boot up using your OS X or OS 9 CD, and then run Disk Utility or Disk First Aid.

After making sure that your hard disk is OK, you may want to re-install OS 9.2. This time check the option for a "Clean Install". This creates a new System Folder, and puts the contents of the old one in "Previous System Folder". This method ensures that you don't have any incompatible extensions that could interfere with the Classic environment.

The Classic environment should now work. If it does not work, are you experiencing any other unusual problems in OS X (like system freezes)? These could be a sign that there is some hardware related problem (like bad RAM). Of course, if you have been hacking the OS X System files, then you might require a re-installation of OS X also.
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Ye I am experiencing any unusual experiences: I can't open X anymore! It sort of freezes after the startup bar is gone. It loads, stops, loads, stops, etc.
Also, I haven't been hacking anything.
 
huh? pirates of XP?

anyway, if you've got an X cd, you can't reinstall X if you've updated past X.1.3 (or is it X.1.2?), otherwise you'll get a kernel panic. those are pretty neat. if you haven't gotten one before, you might want to do this, just so you can have the experience ^_^.
when you boot up into X, hold down apple-s and run fsck -y to (hopefully) fix the system problem there. if it says files have been modified, do it again until it doesn't. once you're back in X, you'll have to (probably) reinstall 9. i've never done this AFTER installing X, so someone will have to help you from there.
 
Originally posted by dualcube
do you support pirates of XP?
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so far they've supported me! :)

and hey RPS, don't worry... it may take some time, but the crack team of helpers here at MacOSX.com will get you back to normal...
 
Originally posted by boi
when you boot up into X, hold down apple-s and run fsck -y to (hopefully) fix the system problem there. if it says files have been modified, do it again until it doesn't. once you're back in X, you'll have to (probably) reinstall 9. i've never done this AFTER installing X, so someone will have to help you from there.
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Hold Apple S AT system startup. After running fsck -y, then you have one of two options to get back into X... you can either type "reboot" and then return, or "login" and then return. The latter doesn't require a restart and will take you directly to the login screen after doing its thing. Also if you do the latter option you can tell where it's hanging up, if it does so after you do this procedure.
 
let me get this right: you're on a dsl connection with planet internet, right? well, i have a subscription with them too and normally you don't need any extra applications, you just have to select PPPoE in System Preferences/Network and fill in your username, password and so on there --
let me know if this is not the situation --

good luck
 
That's how all computer manufacturers are. My PC(from Dell), was originally installed with Windows 98. One day, I upgraded it to Windows ME(I regret it, it is a horrible OS), and about a month later, there was a problem with my PC. So I called up Dell, waited for about 5 hours, and then after all that waiting, they said they couldn't help me because I made the minor move to Windows ME. However, they could help me in getting my copy of Windows 98 installed.
 
Yes, I use Planet Internet, but along with Mxtream, another company. PI is the provider, and Mxtream is (i dunno what). Anyway, Mxtream can't support X yet so the settings definately won't work. I already tried everything.
 
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