----- Original Message ----- > From: Jörg Duurkoop <[email protected]>
>> Humm, that could be the problem. The QuickSliver monitor was attached to > the VGA port. The MDD has no VGA port and that same monitor was attached to > the > MDD DVI port. The monitor is an old Dell with both VGA and DVI ports. > > You could always try a safe boot if you have an Apple monitor with an > ADC connector. With a safe boot the main monitor will always be on the > ADC monitor. That is if your MDD has an Apple video card ... > Be warned a long reply follows: [Just to recap, a newly acquired MDD boots fine on an old test hard drive called Mac OSX but refuses to boot to a different hard drive (Drive 1) on a cloned volume a from a QuickSilver which I want to be the main volume.] I connected an ADC Apple display to to the MDD as Jörg suggested. I selected Drive 1 as the boot drive, and in safe mode the MDD booted to Mac OS X and asks for the password for the user in Drive 1, when entered it boots to Drive 1. THIS IS THE DESIRED RESULT! However, It seems odd that when Drive 1 was selected as boot drive Mac OS X comes up in single user mode and asks for the password of the user in Drive 1?? Once booted in Drive 1 in safe mode a restart results in the dreaded blue screen as reported earlier. Not the desktop blue screen just a plain light blue with no variations in blue tones or swirls as in the default desktop of 10.4.11. So now I don't think it is second monitor problem preference problem. (see earlier posts). Perhaps as suggested in an earlier post, Disk Warrior may solve the problem. I know Disk Warrior is great to have in your toolbox. But given Disk Warrior cost more than I paid for the MDD, I will likely just do an Achieve and Install of 10.4 as suggested in another post and hope that solves this weird problem. This in not a production machine so time is relative but dollars are not. :-) Next and hopefully final question before I do a reinstall -- when Drive 1 becomes the boot drive in safe mode why does a restart results in the dreaded blue screen? If I can get a boot to Drive1 what is preventing boot on a restart? Many thanks to Jörg, Peter, John & Eelco for your help --glen -- 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
