Help! My wife's G4 Mini (A1103) is acting up and I am at the hair- pulling stage (which I can't afford to loose). The HD has two partitions: 10.5 and 10.4/9.2.2. Both partitions appear in the System Profiler and the Startup Manager as well as Disk Utility but neither in the System Preferences Startup Disk Panel. When it is switched on, it boots the 10.5 partition and runs normally. If I try to switch to the other partition with the startup manager, the spoked-wheel rotates endlessly. I have tried all the usual measures (Disk Utility repair and permissions, Disk Warrior, PRAM and NVRAM reset, 10.5.8 Combi Update, etc.). I would reinstall the 10.5 System but when the mini restarts to load the system, the OD grinds back and forth endlessly. I've let it run for 3/4 hr. to no avail although Disk Warrior loaded and ran normally from the OD. I haven't replaced the battery but it checked OK a couple of weeks back when I upgraded the RAM.
Is there a preference panel that I need to to trash? Any other suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gary -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
