Beige G3 MT Boot Problem

[Lorri Carr]

One blustery March day, William Lane wrote:

>>> 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.
>
> Describe exactly 'No soap'. do you get the 'Can't open' dialog
> scrolling across a blank screen? A partial start up? Nothing?

It boots in OS 9.

LC