[X-HW] Beige G3 MT Boot Problem

[Mary]

At 9:36 AM -0500 3/7/03, Lorri Carr wrote:

>I have installed OS X on a number of Beige G3 desktops and minitowers without any problem. For reasons that suit my computing,  I create 3 partitions: OS 9, OS X, and Storage.
>
>One minitower has exhibited a strange behavior. If I boot into OS 9, then later try to boot into OS X, I cannot do so. Here are the steps taken:
> - In OS X, select OS 9 partition as StartUp Disk.
> - Restart to boot into OS 9 and do what needs to be done.
> - Go to Control Panels and select OS X as StartUp Disk.
> - Restart to boot into OS X.
>No soap.

[snip]

Perhaps trash (and recreate) the Startup Disk preference file in the OS 9 sys folder?

Mary