>I hope someone can help me out. My iMac simply won't start up from the >internal HD. I can start up from CD-ROM and see the HD icon and move things >in and out of the HD. I've already reset the P-RAM, did a 'reset-nvram' and >'reset-all' but no luck. The battery appears to be OK because the clock is >showing the right time. > >I've even reformatted the drive and reinstalled the system software and >selected it as the start-up disk. Somehow I just keep getting an alternating >question mark and System icon flasing on the screen. I also swapped another >HD in but the problem didn't go away. HELLLLLPPPP!!!!
Moving to being a bottom feeder...er, bottom poster... I don't know if your problem has yet been resolved. If not, I suggest that you take a look at Apple KnowledgBase Article #'s 106712, 106 214, as well as 106464. You can find these by searching the KnowledgeBase for each article number. These articles discuss various OS X start-up problems, permissions problems, and using the Disk Utility on the install CD to correct these problems. I don't recall if it is in one of these particular articles, but I recall reading that the problem of not seeing an HD, or a partition, is often due in OS X to having permissions set incorrectly, even when running in OS 9. These are certainly worth investigating. Please post back to the list if/when you resolve this problem, as I would very much like to know the solution. Jerry -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
