On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Bill Connelly<billycarm...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
>
>>
>> OK, the HD that came in this G4 is dying
>> I cloned the HD to another HD I own
>> I then tried to swap out the HDs after telling (in System Prefs) he
>> machine to boot from the new HD
>> However, it REFUSES to boot unless the old failing HD is present.
>> How do I force he machine to let me take out the bad HD?
>>
> Maybe the Master / Slave settings are causing the control issues?
I copied the Master setting off the old HD and the Slave one off the
other HD (it is listed)
>
> I would try setting your new drive to Master, and removing the old one
> completely.
>
> Then let the system "find" the drive on its own on its main ATA bus.
Tried this. No luck. The computer simply would not find the new HD.
>
> Later, choose the drive in System Preferences > Startup Disk for the
> next Restart.
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