Hi there. I have a powerbook G4 running os x 10.4ish. I think I may have dragged my hard drive icon into the trash yesterday because my computer froze up when I was trying to delete files, it froze, so I restarted. When I did, it would not boot. I got to the blue screen and this is where it sat indefinitely. I have tried the following to correct my problem :
1. Restart in safe mode- I got a kernel panic message along these lines
Panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E0368): Unable to find driver for this platform: “PowerBook6, 5”.
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00095718 0x00095C30 0x0002683C 0x002E0368 0x002BF6F4 0x002BF4BC 0x002BFF24
0x002C0590 (this was on the above line)
0x000A9894
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00529A000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/REALEASE_PPC
No debugger configured – dumping debug information
MSR=00001030
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00095718 0x00095E18 0x0002683C 0x002E0368 0x002BF6F4 0x002BF4BC 0x002BFF24 0x002C0590
0x000A9894
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00529A000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/REALEASE_PPC
panic: We are hanging here…
2. After this I put in the install disk. I held down C to boot to the disk, but once I attempted to install the disk, there was no target volume for me to choose (you know the part during installation where it tells you to choose where to install to).
3. I attempted Disk Utility- first aid where I verified and repaired my hard drive (which showed up on the list but was grayed out). However, I found that once I restarted, it told me the volume needed repair again. So, any time I restarted it was like I undid the repair.
4. I reset the PRAM and NVRAM to no avail.
5. I cannot boot in single user mode.
6. Now every time I start I get the "You Must Restart Your Computer" screen (with the picture of the power button in the background).
I feel like I have exhausted every online resource thus far, and I feel like there must be a somewhat easy fix for when you put your hard drive in the trash and restart. Can anyone help me?
1. Restart in safe mode- I got a kernel panic message along these lines
Panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E0368): Unable to find driver for this platform: “PowerBook6, 5”.
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00095718 0x00095C30 0x0002683C 0x002E0368 0x002BF6F4 0x002BF4BC 0x002BFF24
0x002C0590 (this was on the above line)
0x000A9894
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00529A000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/REALEASE_PPC
No debugger configured – dumping debug information
MSR=00001030
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00095718 0x00095E18 0x0002683C 0x002E0368 0x002BF6F4 0x002BF4BC 0x002BFF24 0x002C0590
0x000A9894
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x00529A000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.5.0: Sun Jan 22 10:38:46 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.61.obj~1/REALEASE_PPC
panic: We are hanging here…
2. After this I put in the install disk. I held down C to boot to the disk, but once I attempted to install the disk, there was no target volume for me to choose (you know the part during installation where it tells you to choose where to install to).
3. I attempted Disk Utility- first aid where I verified and repaired my hard drive (which showed up on the list but was grayed out). However, I found that once I restarted, it told me the volume needed repair again. So, any time I restarted it was like I undid the repair.
4. I reset the PRAM and NVRAM to no avail.
5. I cannot boot in single user mode.
6. Now every time I start I get the "You Must Restart Your Computer" screen (with the picture of the power button in the background).
I feel like I have exhausted every online resource thus far, and I feel like there must be a somewhat easy fix for when you put your hard drive in the trash and restart. Can anyone help me?