Thats unusual all right. The real deal here is that we've got to get the iMac to boot from somewhere so we can diagnose the drive. Do you have another working PowerPC mac with firewire in your house? You can put that mac in target disc mode and then use it as a boot drive. Alternately, you can put the iMac in target disc mode and connect it to a working mac to run disk utility and attempt to diagnose the problem.
On Aug 22, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: I have tried that before. Unfouruntely the iMac freezes in the middle of the boot but only when I'm using the bad HDD even though I'm booting it off a CD. It freezes when it shows a happy Mac or when the grey apple comes up. Jason Trunzo wrote: > The reason we want you to do this is two fold. First to see the mac > thru a successful bootup. Second so you can run disc utility on your > drive from the installer cd to attempt to repair the drive. Or simply > reinstall the os. > > > > DON'T PANIC! > Sent from my Electronic Thumb > > On Aug 21, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Gary Fortman <gfort...@isd.net> wrote: > >> Hard drives have configurations for slave or master depending on if >> they are the boot drive or a secondary drive. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Alex Barnes <kab...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What's that? >>> >>> Tom Venney wrote: >>>> Is the HD set for Cable Select? >>>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: >>>> >>>>> It won't it just freezes in the middle of the boot and that's >>>>> when I >>>>> using the bad HDD when I'm using the good ones it won't get past >>>>> the >>>>> folder with a question mark. >>>>> >>>>> Jack Suggs wrote: >>>>>> Will it boot with an OS installer CD in the drive? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hold down the C key to start from a bootable disc (DVD, CD) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Alex Barnes <kab...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am reposting this because the old post I made got sidetracked >>>>>>> and I >>>>>>> could not get an answer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have an iMac G4 that will not boot past the folder with a >>>>>>> question >>>>>>> mark. I have tried this using 3 different HDDs and the only one >>>>>>> that I >>>>>>> can get to boot any farther is a bad HDD (it's also the only HDD >>>>>>> that >>>>>>> any of my computers will recognize). I have tried booting the >>>>>>> computer >>>>>>> using Mac OS 9, 10.1, 10.2, and Debian Linux. All stop in the >>>>>>> middle >>>>>>> of the boot. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - >>>> >>>> Tom Venney >>>> tven...@cablespeed.com >>>> Have Radio will Travel >>> >>> -- >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are a member of the iMac >> Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com >> To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
