"What is the keyboard command that allows you to re-start and then select a startup disk?"
Hold down the option key as soon as you hear the 'bong' at start up..After maybe 20 seconds all the drives that can be mounted will appear on the desk top and so will a spinning clock. After a while, that spinning clock will be replaced by the familiar mouse arrow. Select the HD you want to boot from and then click on the fixed arrow to the right. If the HD selected has a bootable OS, the machine should boot. Mel --- On Sat, 2/20/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Dual 500 G4 To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 20, 2010, 5:47 PM When you zap the PRAM it defaults the time. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence David Eden <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:43:45 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Dual 500 G4 Dual 500 Mhz G4 1 GB RAM 2 internal HDs I have MenuMeters installed so that I can monitor the activity of each processor. This evening I noticed that one of my processors was not running--MenuMeters showed 0%. To remedy the situation I zapped the PRAM, did a low level reset and restarted. The G4 restarted in OS 9.2.2, and indicated that my date and time were incorrect. When I went to the Date and Time Control Panel to set the date and time, my Mac crashed. I ran DiskWarrior and it repaired several items....the same issues on each of my internal drives. I don't know what the problem was with my date and time, or why the Mac crashed when I tried to set it. My PRAM battery is fresh....yet the date showed as 1904. Strange. Thankfully, I am back to normal now. What is the keyboard command that allows you to re-start and then select a startup disk? Larry -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
