IIRC, sometime a system folder can be re-blessed by simply removing he System then putting in back into the Sys folder..
JT On Mar 6, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> On Mar 4, 2017, at 3:20 PM, Valter Prahlad <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Il giorno 04/03/17 19.30, "Alex Ander" ha scritto: >> >>> I decided to give an old Performa 5300 a go. >>> the built in monitor comes up and a disk with a question mark that keeps >>> flashing. >> That means it cannot find a bootable System. >> It's either the hard disk is dead, or there's no bootable System on it. > > Disk with question mark is ‘I cannot find a bootable volume’ Either dead > drive, or boot sectors are messed up. > > Folder with a question mark is ‘I found a bootable volume, but no blessed > system Folder’ > > If you can scrounge up one of these > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1HE0JE6610> (or just buy > that one :-) you can pull the drive from the performa to check it out. > > Those are very hand little tools to have around to diagnose drive issues. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > -- -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
