Could sb. explain the pre-boot phase?

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eugeneugen
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
since several days the boot behaviour of my G3 iBook changed.

It's not a problem, but I'm wondering what this could be:



I can see a blinking icon with a world picture. After that i can see

an icon with the finder symbol alternating with a question mark.

After that i can see the familiar Apple boot logo.



What does this mean? And how could I switch the blinking symbols off?



Thanks.

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  • Reply 1 of 3
    chychchych Posts: 860member
    Probably means your start up disk is not set properly. Go to system preferences -> startup disk and select your start up disk, this *should* correct the boot sequence. I think your ibook is attempting to find a network disk to boot off of, then fails, then uses the hard disk.
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    curiousuburbcuriousuburb Posts: 3,325member
    Uh... are your running OS 9 or OS X?

    Both have a "Startup Disk" pane. OS X it's in System Prefs. OS 9 it's a Control Panel.



    Each offers keyboard shortcuts to 'search for boot drives (external)' if needed.
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  • Reply 3 of 3
    eugeneugen Posts: 14member
    Thanks chych,



    you were absolutely right.
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