filibusterman
Golden Member
This is an old computer that had a problem with the vid card overheating. I fixed that issue and booted from my account fine. Unfortunately an update popped up since this mac hasn't been running for probably 2 years and I allowed it to update. Now when I restart I have the Mac OS X login screen but the option to put in a user name or password doesn't appear. Its almost like it is not fully loading the os maybe? I have all of the original os 9 and os x cd or dvds and i can boot off the os 9 install cd but not the os x one.
even If I install the os 9 via the cd when the mac reboots it still comes to this broken os x login screen. Is there anyway to just wipe the drive and just do a fresh install? Is there a special keystroke to boot from os 9 instead of X at startup?
Thanks I haven't worked much with mac's but it seams with common google searches and there was not much help that I could find easily.
even If I install the os 9 via the cd when the mac reboots it still comes to this broken os x login screen. Is there anyway to just wipe the drive and just do a fresh install? Is there a special keystroke to boot from os 9 instead of X at startup?
Thanks I haven't worked much with mac's but it seams with common google searches and there was not much help that I could find easily.
