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<blockquote data-quote="iBeldar" data-source="post: 468620" data-attributes="member: 16751"><p>Nothing works. Everything installs just fine, nothing actually boots. I hold down the option key on startup, the boot option won't come up either. I may have put it in a firmware trap, but I think this computer has had OSX on it before. She gave me OSX 10.1 and 10.2 disks. I sent an email asking if she has had OSX on it and if the old HD crashed after installing OSX.</p><p></p><p>I was surprised that after I took it apart, there was a 40GB 7200RPM HD in it. She must've upgraded to OSX at some point. </p><p></p><p>I noticed that with every OS I installed, it flashed the question mark/mac logo, but then it goes to a mac logo and hangs forever. Then goes back to a flashing ?.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday the HD in the iMac was in my PC, it had sabayon linux installed on it and it worked fine. I don't think having Linux on the HD previously would cause any problems, it never has caused a problem before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iBeldar, post: 468620, member: 16751"] Nothing works. Everything installs just fine, nothing actually boots. I hold down the option key on startup, the boot option won't come up either. I may have put it in a firmware trap, but I think this computer has had OSX on it before. She gave me OSX 10.1 and 10.2 disks. I sent an email asking if she has had OSX on it and if the old HD crashed after installing OSX. I was surprised that after I took it apart, there was a 40GB 7200RPM HD in it. She must've upgraded to OSX at some point. I noticed that with every OS I installed, it flashed the question mark/mac logo, but then it goes to a mac logo and hangs forever. Then goes back to a flashing ?. Yesterday the HD in the iMac was in my PC, it had sabayon linux installed on it and it worked fine. I don't think having Linux on the HD previously would cause any problems, it never has caused a problem before. [/QUOTE]
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