I have tried that before. Unfouruntely the iMac freezes in the middle of the boot but only when I'm using the bad HDD even though I'm booting it off a CD. It freezes when it shows a happy Mac or when the grey apple comes up. Jason Trunzo wrote: > The reason we want you to do this is two fold. First to see the mac > thru a successful bootup. Second so you can run disc utility on your > drive from the installer cd to attempt to repair the drive. Or simply > reinstall the os. > > > > DON'T PANIC! > Sent from my Electronic Thumb > > On Aug 21, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Gary Fortman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hard drives have configurations for slave or master depending on if > > they are the boot drive or a secondary drive. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Aug 21, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> What's that? > >> > >> Tom Venney wrote: > >>> Is the HD set for Cable Select? > >>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: > >>> > >>>> It won't it just freezes in the middle of the boot and that's > >>>> when I > >>>> using the bad HDD when I'm using the good ones it won't get past > >>>> the > >>>> folder with a question mark. > >>>> > >>>> Jack Suggs wrote: > >>>>> Will it boot with an OS installer CD in the drive? > >>>>> > >>>>> Hold down the C key to start from a bootable disc (DVD, CD) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Alex Barnes <[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I am reposting this because the old post I made got sidetracked > >>>>>> and I > >>>>>> could not get an answer. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have an iMac G4 that will not boot past the folder with a > >>>>>> question > >>>>>> mark. I have tried this using 3 different HDDs and the only one > >>>>>> that I > >>>>>> can get to boot any farther is a bad HDD (it's also the only HDD > >>>>>> that > >>>>>> any of my computers will recognize). I have tried booting the > >>>>>> computer > >>>>>> using Mac OS 9, 10.1, 10.2, and Debian Linux. All stop in the > >>>>>> middle > >>>>>> of the boot. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> - > >>> > >>> Tom Venney > >>> [email protected] > >>> Have Radio will Travel > >> > >> -- > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac > > Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
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