OS won't boot on my other partition.

microtrashmicrotrash
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have a dual G4 1ghz quicksilver, original 80gig HD, and 2 partitions. I have formated my HD with the 10.2 Disk Utility and then have installed OS X 10.2 on the first partition, which work great (It's the active system now.) and also on my other partition as a backup system in case of a system failure, or for repairing the first partition. OS X never boot on the second partition. Norton, disk warrior, re-format and re-install does nothing. OS X install completely, no error, it appear in the startup system pref, but as soon I select it as my boot partition, it refuse to boot and come back to the first partition.



I have also try to zap pram. And OS server does'nt work too on my second partition, but OS 9 boot great.



Thanks for help !

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Do you have anything connected with SCSI?
  • Reply 2 of 6
    microtrashmicrotrash Posts: 57member
    Now, nothing. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 3 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    still having problems ?
  • Reply 4 of 6
    microtrashmicrotrash Posts: 57member
    Yep. As soon as OS X begin to boot on my second partition, my mac reboot on the first.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    You have the newest firmware? If you're not sure, go to <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/"; target="_blank">Apple Support</a>.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    microtrashmicrotrash Posts: 57member
    There's no updates for my G4 (Quicksilver, jan 02). The newer firmware is for the august model.
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