chrislaf Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 I'm running Retro Desktop 5.0.238 on a PowerBook G3 (Pismo) running OS 10.2.8. Since upgrading to 10.2.8 I can't get the duplicate to boot. I run a duplicate script nightly to a media bay drive. When I try to boot my computer with the duplicate OS X drive it just sits at the grey screen with the circle with a line through it. With OS 10.2.6 I was able to boot without any problems. How can I get this duplicate to boot? There's no point in making a duplicate if it won't boot. Thanks for any help. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 - Have you erased the drive before the Duplicate? - Retrospect will not replace existing files in /System; if you're attempting to Duplicate over the existing 10.2.6 data you're going to get mismatched files. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislaf Posted November 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 Yes, I have erased the drive before the duplicate and it still does not work. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 I'd suggest confirming that this drive is bootable under this version of the Mac OS X, by installing from the Jaguar CDs onto this drive, updating to 10.2.8, and seeing if it boots. You could also try Carbon Copy Cloner to run a Duplicate and see if _that_ works. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislaf Posted November 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 The drive in question is the original 12GB stock Apple drive that came with my PowerBook G3 (Pismo) when I bought it. When I upgraded the internal drive I put the stock drive into a media bay device. It has always booted fine but since the upgrade to 10.2.8 it has not been able to boot. I'll try CCC and see if that works, but since this is the stock drive there should be no problem with it booting. I think it is a Retrospect problem in OS 10.2.8 not the drive, but I'll give your suggestions a try. Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeDave Posted November 13, 2003 Report Share Posted November 13, 2003 Quote: The drive in question is the original 12GB stock Apple drive that came with my PowerBook G3 (Pismo) when I bought it. When I upgraded the internal drive I put the stock drive into a media bay device. It was the media bay "device" I was referring to, not the physical HD it contains. Apple didn't make or market such devices, so it's possible that it has become unsupported under OS X (the way other older Macs have). I've used Retrospect (both 5.0.238 and 5.1.175) to Duplicate many drives, and they have all booted afterwards. It'll be interesting to hear how things work for you when you try CCC. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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