setting boot drive

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ElH


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Hello..
I'm trying to set the boot drive of a Power Mac G5 (Mac OS X), without using the system preferences..i did research, and found that pressing the option key when booting should get me there (on a New World ROM mac). And I'm assuming the G5 is a New World ROM mac? seeing its newer than the G4...
But when i press the option key, the mac just boots as normal
What am I doing wrong, and what do I have to do??
Thanks
El
 
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A bit more specific detail plse. Do you have two drives inside your G5? As I understand it, the Option key only works for an external hard drive connected with a firewire cable. For internal disks, I think you need to use the Startup Disk in Sys Prefs.
 

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