At 11:07 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: >When I try to boot up OS9.2 going through SP, it tries very hard to find >OS9.2 - the old file folder is there flashing from the Picasso to ? mark >about 5 or 6 times then it "gives up" and goes to 10.5.
The flashing ? means that the bootstrap didn't get a direct response from that boot volume, so it is now going thru its search order. At 11:12 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: >When I hold down Option key it does not show up. The card you have that drive plugged into - does it support booting? What happens if you hit the refresh button, to make it rescan? I'm thinking maybe that drive isn't still ready when the bootstrap initially probes it - it might have spun down and hasn't finished spinning back up yet. (many drives can control that by jumper settings). Long shot, but try switching master & slave on that bus. It shouldn't make a diff, but sometimes IDE voodoo bites you. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
