On 10-08-19 10:39 PM, andyreed wrote:
I've got an iMac 266 (original fruit "flavored") that for the life of
me I cannot get to boot from the internal hard drive.
I used an AppleCare provided recovery CD, re-initialized the hard
drive, and installed the iMac specific version of OS 8.6. I rebooted
and got the flashing question mark/system folder icon.
So I booted back from the CD. I checked the HD and verified that it
does indeed have a blessed system folder and that the ROM 1.0 file was
in the system folder. I can't see any reason for it not to boot.
So I ran disc first aid, but the hard drive checked OK.
Next I tried resetting the P-RAM, hoping that for some reason the
machine had been insisting on a CD boot and skipping the HD. But no
dice.
Why won't this darn thing boot?!
Have you tried opening the ControlPanel/Startup and click/highlite the
drive you want to boot from ? I always forget that step when ever i make
some hard drive corrections.
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