In truth it's a spaceship trying to take off.. Thanks, David Moyle ---------- Bertram, Western Australia E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Leviathan - The Blue Beast" -----Original Message----- From: Severin Crisp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 30 July 2007 11:44 PM To: David Moyle Subject: Re: Startup drive Maybe, but that does not explain why the fan roars - scary! Severin On 30/07/2007, at 7:24 PM, David Moyle wrote: > Hey Severin > > Not sure if you tried Ronda's suggestion but for future reference > you may > have to wait a while. You may have to wait up to five minutes or so > as the > computer may be searching for a NetBoot/NetInstall on your network. > > Should eventually work though. > > Thanks, David Moyle > ---------- > Bertram, Western Australia > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Leviathan - The Blue Beast" > > -----Original Message----- > From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ronda > Brown > Sent: Sunday, 29 July 2007 4:37 PM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: Startup drive > > > On 29/07/2007, at 4:13 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: > >> I have a partial clone of my hard drive on an external FW drive, >> from which I start occasionally for a variety of maintenance >> purposes. If I go to System Preferences/Startup Drive I can select >> and start from the external drive quite normally. >> If I do a Restart (or start from Shut Down) and hold down the >> option key, both the original drive and system and the external one >> come up on screen but the mouse will not select them (just shows >> the wristwatch) and the fan goes like fury - it is a G5 1.8 SP and >> I have to stop it with the power button. >> Is there a simple reason for this? Is there a workaround, ie how >> can I start from the clone in the event of a disastrous main drive >> crash when I can not access System Preferences. OSX 10.4.10 >> Severin Crisp > > Hi Severin, > > Try booting while holding down Option-Command-Shift-Delete > > This should make it bypass the normal startup disk. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ________________________________________________________ Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
