Flashing Question Mark after trying to boot into OS 9

[fooyork]

Hi all,

So I was feeling nostalgic, and decided to buy the same Power Mac G4 I had while I was at University in 2001. I got myself a Quicksilver G4, an Apple Studio Display and got it all up and running with Mac OS 10.4.11. I then installed the Classic Environment with no problems on the same boot volume.

Everything was working wonderfully, until out of curiosity I decided to try to boot directly into Mac OS 9.

And then... the dreaded flashing question mark!

I have tried rebooting holding down 'X'. I have tried booting holding down 'option' (but no Mac OS X system shows up). I have tried resetting the PRAM. All to no avail.

Does anyone have any idea as to how I can get back into Mac OS X?!

Help me! Please!

Colin

 

[jst333]

I've had that same problem from time to time and could never figure it out. Mine was the folder with a question mark flashing. But if i let it sit for about 2 minutes or so, eventually it would find the OSX system folder and boot up. It happens probably every 10 start ups or so on my G5 quad.