Dan A. Currie wrote: > Dan wrote: > >>At 10:20 AM -0600 2/8/2009, Dan A. Currie wrote: >> >> >>>G4 MDD DUAL 1.25 MHz / 2 GB RAM >>>1 -120 GB (OS10.5), 1 - 200 GB (OS10.4), 1- 120GB and 1 - 6GB >>>(OS9.2) HDD's in that order. >>> >>>When I go to Startup Disk in System Preferences all 3 OS's are there on >>>their respective HDs but when I select OS9.2 and then click RESTART the >>>G4 begins a normal restart, looks for OS9.2 ... CAN NOT FIND IT ... and >>>restarts in OS10.5. >>> >> >>hum. If it shows up in the prefs then it's a valid system to boot from... >> >>Does it seem to delay at all, as if it's searching for that boot >>volume? I'm thinking maybe because it's the 6th device in the search >>order, it's not "ready" for some reason when the strap reaches for it. >> >>If you select that boot volume then close the prefs and restart >>normally, does it work? >> >>If you zap the pram, does it work? >> >>If you boot holding down the option key - which should show you the >>boot choices, is it listed? >> >>How old is your pram/backup battery? >> >>- Dan. >> > > PRAM battery is new, have long since forgotten how to ZAP it. > > When I hold down Option key it does not show up. > > Dan Currie >
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