On 3/7/04 12:00 pm, "Mark Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all... > > We have a Mac G4/800 which has just had an additional drive fitted enabling > dual boot into 9.2 or Panther, with Panther installed on the new drive. All > was fine for a couple of days until attempting to start in Panther. Nothing > happens. The grey Apple logo appears but no start up little wheel. No > cursor. It would seem that either something has corrupted or the machine is > not seeing the new drive. Since we need this sorted urgently does anyone > know how to get the machine to boot into 9.2 from this position? > > TIA Hold down the ALT key and restart, releasing the key when you see the option to select your OS9 or OSX boot disk, then release. Once you've selected the OS9 disk and booted with it you can hopefully copy any data you need off the OSX disk and then repair or reinstall. Diskwarrior is the best option for repairing OSX problems. Regards Steve Bell =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
