Shirt Pocket Discussions  
    Home netTunes launchTunes SuperDuper! Buy Now Support Discussions About Shirt Pocket    

Go Back   Shirt Pocket Discussions > SuperDuper! > General

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 07-24-2004, 02:45 PM
esuebrown esuebrown is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4
Question trying to boot at startup from backup

just tried to boot at startup from the copy to my HD. --- as I would do in an emergency when the main drive wouldnt start (heaven forbid!)........
I pressed the "option" key at startup but the only option available was the main HD----- along with a straight arrow and a curved arrow.no EXT HD icon .

I've never tried starting that way before so not sure what I did or didnt do or if it is not possible to go to the ext HD that way. (yes ext HD was on and working properly.

thanks

sue
__________________
Sue
Newnan, GA USA
mac bronze PISMO 500 pwbk; 756 Ram
20 HD/ Ext 60
OS X.3.4
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 07-24-2004, 04:33 PM
dnanian's Avatar
dnanian dnanian is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Weston, MA
Posts: 14,923
Send a message via AIM to dnanian
The problem here might be that your Pismo doesn't allow Firewire booting. (I'm pretty sure it doesn't.)

That said, you can still restore should the time come: take a look at the manual's instructions for emergency restore. Basically, you'll boot from your Panther install CD, run Disk Utility from the Installer menu, and then restore from there.

Hope that helps, Sue!
__________________
--Dave Nanian
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-25-2004, 08:48 PM
esuebrown esuebrown is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 4
backup

checked apple knowledge base pismo can boot firewire. and I am able to change the startup dr to the firewire (on which I put the superduper copy) .. worked fine that way. am checking with the maker of the buslink firewire HD to see if there are updated drivers to take care of the "option/startup issue. in any case, the copying was a cinch and loaded quickly.

will let you know what I find in case it will be knowledge for someone else.

thanks
sue
__________________
Sue
Newnan, GA USA
mac bronze PISMO 500 pwbk; 756 Ram
20 HD/ Ext 60
OS X.3.4
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 07-27-2004, 09:18 AM
dnanian's Avatar
dnanian dnanian is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Weston, MA
Posts: 14,923
Send a message via AIM to dnanian
Hm, that's strange! My mistake on the firewire boot transition -- sorry about that, but I'm glad you were able to do it from the Startup Disk preference pane.

I wonder why the drive isn't available when you use Option? Maybe it doesn't respond quickly enough, and you need to refresh the drive list (the "reload" icon on the option boot screen)?

Definitely post back when you find out: sounds like a good FAQ entry for others. Thanks.
__________________
--Dave Nanian
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-30-2005, 11:49 AM
tier0605 tier0605 is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 5
Mouse doesnt work on option screen

Hi everyone,

how do you switch from one button to the other on the option screen? I am having the same problem where my external usb hard drive doesnt show up as an option to reboot when the option screen comes up, but my other problem is that I am unable to navigate around the option screen at all. The options that show up are the reload button, Macintosh HD and the third button is an arrow pointing to the right (not sure what that is?), but I dont know how to navigate around them. I tried the tab button but I dont see any one of these buttons being highlighted.
The external hd I am using to try and reboot is an iomega usb 2.0 on my imac g5 but no success so far.
I am a little wry about switching my startup disk in my system preferences to my external hd because I am worried that if the system doesnt start up or it has some problem, then I have no way of accessing the system preferences again and changing the startup disk to the Machintosh HD and I would have to use Apple's rebot disk.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 04-30-2005, 12:01 PM
dnanian's Avatar
dnanian dnanian is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Weston, MA
Posts: 14,923
Send a message via AIM to dnanian
Typically, you use the mouse to navigate in there, actually.

The "round" arrow is reload, and the "straight" arrow is "continue" (once you've selected a boot device.

(I've responded to the USB issue in your other thread...)
__________________
--Dave Nanian
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 2 (0 members and 2 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
1st backup clone to ext dr estimated time ?? esuebrown General 3 07-24-2004 04:31 PM
Problems making a backup imagine ajcowell General 6 07-18-2004 09:35 PM
Problems making an image backup MacTech General 1 07-02-2004 04:08 PM
My backup is failing on the file /Library/Frameworks/StuffIt.framework/.DS_Store! dnanian Frequently Asked Questions 0 04-07-2004 08:55 AM
Problem running Backup - all files script? Here's a solution! dnanian General 0 01-12-2004 04:32 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:10 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.