[G4] RE G4 Shutdown woes

[B G]

The question mark means it is looking for a system to boot.

Sometimes on the reset you will lose your chosen start up disk.

Go to system preferences/ Startup disk  and reselect the boot volume.

That should solve the problem.

BG


On Feb 18, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Peter Webster wrote:

> Esteemed List Members:
>
> Thank you all for your specific and ameliorating posts.
>
> I chose to repair permissions, again, and avail myself of the Open  
> Firmware resets.
>
> When the Sawtooth booted up, I got the blinking question mark/folder  
> icon.
>
> I shut down, had a sandwich, rebooted, same thing, blinking question  
> mark/folder icon, then the Apple logo glowed and I was back in  
> business.
>
> I repaired permissions, again, did some work, and then shut down:
>
> The shut down proceeded normally, so far so good.
>
> Thank you all!
>
> Because of this list we are able to maintain all of our good old  
> stuff, not the latest, but the greatest.
>
> PMW
>
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> peter m. webster
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