Re: Boot Partition Selection
I formatted another drive and used used System Picker to change between system folders from different partitions and it worked. I'm not exactly sure what was fixed in the process, since I used the same formatting tool with the other drive I formatted. Thanks, tt -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Boot Partition Selection
Thomas wrote: I formatted another drive and used used System Picker to change between system folders from different partitions and it worked. I'm not exactly sure what was fixed in the process, since I used the same formatting tool with the other drive I formatted. System Picker, like a fresh install sets its prefs in pram, I'd suggest this pref was corrupted by the first use of system picker which stuffs up the startup disk cp also. The fresh install over rode this preference giving you a clean slate again. Check how many blessed sys folders you have now its working. Careful when entring unblessed sys folders else you'll find you have the same trouble over again. Cheers. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Boot Partition Selection
I have used Silverlining since 1993 to format drives. Every time I have had success with booting from different partitions (I used to keep 6.0.8 on one and 7.1 on another on an SE/30 I had for a while). The software was bundled with a LaCie I picked up in September 1993 (a whopping 160MB external!) and I'm not sure where to find it these days. Of course, I could find my disks and upload it for anyone who needs it. My guess is the drive needs reformatted. Even Apple HD SC Setup has enabled me to boot from multiple partitions. Scott --- NODEraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a version of APS Power Tools somewhere... I'll see if I can track it down for you... On 12/20/05, Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the older operating systems (pre 7.6?) one needed a utility usually included with the disk formatting software, in order to set which partition to boot from. I'm playing around with a couple different OS's: 7.0.1, 8.1, and A/UX. I can use the startup disk control panel to switch between two different physical drives with no problem, but I cannot isolate one bootable partition within a physical drive. Each partition only has one system folder present that is blessed. System Picker doesn't show any selectable system folders in the pull-down menu even though all the system folders are in the root of their respective partitions. I have seen System Picker work under emulation on my PC. A workaround I've been using is to put a folder within the system folder to hide the finder in for all the partitions except the one that I want to boot. I was hoping that there is a more elegant solution to picking a boot partition. Could the problem be caused by how the drive is formatted or the disk driver? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Boot Partition Selection
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:47:11 -0700 From: Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] I installed a larger hard drive in my SE/30 and made a few partitions to be able to boot different OS versions, but I'm having difficulting specifying which volume to boot from. I used the startup disk control panel to select the partition I wanted to boot, and then when I open the control panel again to confirm it made the selection, it shows all the partitions as being selected. When I reboot, the first partition always boots no matter which partition I choose. The system folders in the other partitions are blessed. For the older operating systems (pre 7.6?) one needed a utility usually included with the disk formatting software, in order to set which partition to boot from. APS PowerTools and FWB Hard Disk Tool Kit included utilities or features that allowed one to choose a boot partition among other functions. It might be an interesting experiment to try the Start-Up Disk CP from 7.6.1 with the earlier OSs. Jeff Walther -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Boot Partition Selection
For the older operating systems (pre 7.6?) one needed a utility usually included with the disk formatting software, in order to set which partition to boot from. I'm playing around with a couple different OS's: 7.0.1, 8.1, and A/UX. I can use the startup disk control panel to switch between two different physical drives with no problem, but I cannot isolate one bootable partition within a physical drive. Each partition only has one system folder present that is blessed. System Picker doesn't show any selectable system folders in the pull-down menu even though all the system folders are in the root of their respective partitions. I have seen System Picker work under emulation on my PC. A workaround I've been using is to put a folder within the system folder to hide the finder in for all the partitions except the one that I want to boot. I was hoping that there is a more elegant solution to picking a boot partition. Could the problem be caused by how the drive is formatted or the disk driver? -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Boot Partition Selection
I installed a larger hard drive in my SE/30 and made a few partitions to be able to boot different OS versions, but I'm having difficulting specifying which volume to boot from. I used the startup disk control panel to select the partition I wanted to boot, and then when I open the control panel again to confirm it made the selection, it shows all the partitions as being selected. When I reboot, the first partition always boots no matter which partition I choose. The system folders in the other partitions are blessed. I used HD SC Setup 7.3.5 to format and partition the drives. I also tried System Picker, but it doesn't show any selectable drives...I'm guessing this utility is to pick through mutiple systems on one partition, not among different partitions. What is the proper procedure for selecting a partition to boot from? Thanks, tt -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Boot Partition Selection
Thomas wrote: I used HD SC Setup 7.3.5 to format and partition the drives. I also tried System Picker, but it doesn't show any selectable drives...I'm guessing this utility is to pick through mutiple systems on one partition, not among different partitions. What is the proper procedure for selecting a partition to boot from? K, I use system picker to boot from different partitions or the startup disk control panel for different drives. System picker is a little buggy sometimes especially if you go blessing folders it doesn't do itself. When using System picker only have one blessed folder on each physical drive else you will have problems, turn the search depth up is an option / under options in the drop down menu.. The Startup Disk CP should work for different drives and is also alittle buggy, I find it works generally. good luck -- Compact Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Compact Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive:http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
