On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:55 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?


Set the new HD to be Master, I'll bet you have it set to Slave.

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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