Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / September 2004

Hi

I'm struggling with an old 5300 Powerbook that i'm trying to upgrade.  I
loaded OS 8.0 OK, then tried to update to 8.1 - it hung and I had to
force restart.

Now I get "System Error 41" and it says "Restart with shift key down to
turn extensions off".  Well, it turns extensions off OK but I still get
the same error message... and around we go again.

It wont boot from the OS8 Disk Tools floppy with
shift/option/return/cmd/ held - it just spits it out.  Nor does it boot
from the original 8.0 CD with C key held - it just whirrs for a few secs
and then goes into the "Error 41" boot cycle.

A Norton 3.2 floppy is not recognised - "wrong system".

So i'm beaten.  I think the trash finally beckons unless anyone can
suggest a (no/low cost) rescue option.

Thanks

JohnB