Why Doesn't Startup Manager Appear?
hello all,
i have created a clone of my power mac g4's "Macintosh HD" drive (with os 9.2.2 only) onto a single -volume/unpartitioned external firewire drive. i have been able to successfully boot into os 9.2.2 from the clone by setting the external fw hdd as the startup disk in the "Startup Disk" control panel and restarting.
my question is, how come "Startup Manager" does not work for me even though i do exactly what is instructed in this apple support article
the first time i set the startup disk to the ext fw hdd , i just restarted like normal (without holding down the option jey). the cloned os booted perfectly fine from the ext fw hdd as i configured it to.
then i tried to see if i could select a startup disk using startup manager (restarted; holding option key). all i got when i held down the option key was a flashing floppy disk icon with a question mark on it. after a few seconds of the flashing floppy disk, the machine booted up into os 9.2.2 from the original "Macintosh HD" drive (even though i had configured the ext fw hdd as the startup disk).
then i tried it again by shutting down the machine then turning it on again while holding the option key. this time, as i held the option key, the smiling mac appeared (ignoring the fact that i was holding down the option key) and booted up like normal using the clone on the ext fw hdd that i configured in the control panel.
what am i doing wrong? according to the article, my power mac g4 (agp graphics) with os 9.2.2 is expected to have a working startup manager. thanks in advance for your help.
many thanks
power mac g4 (agp graphics) Mac OS 9.2.x
i have created a clone of my power mac g4's "Macintosh HD" drive (with os 9.2.2 only) onto a single -volume/unpartitioned external firewire drive. i have been able to successfully boot into os 9.2.2 from the clone by setting the external fw hdd as the startup disk in the "Startup Disk" control panel and restarting.
my question is, how come "Startup Manager" does not work for me even though i do exactly what is instructed in this apple support article
the first time i set the startup disk to the ext fw hdd , i just restarted like normal (without holding down the option jey). the cloned os booted perfectly fine from the ext fw hdd as i configured it to.
then i tried to see if i could select a startup disk using startup manager (restarted; holding option key). all i got when i held down the option key was a flashing floppy disk icon with a question mark on it. after a few seconds of the flashing floppy disk, the machine booted up into os 9.2.2 from the original "Macintosh HD" drive (even though i had configured the ext fw hdd as the startup disk).
then i tried it again by shutting down the machine then turning it on again while holding the option key. this time, as i held the option key, the smiling mac appeared (ignoring the fact that i was holding down the option key) and booted up like normal using the clone on the ext fw hdd that i configured in the control panel.
what am i doing wrong? according to the article, my power mac g4 (agp graphics) with os 9.2.2 is expected to have a working startup manager. thanks in advance for your help.
many thanks
power mac g4 (agp graphics) Mac OS 9.2.x
