Boot leopard from second hard drive

[Ih8reno]

I found a way to install leopard in my second hard drive in my Quicksilver. However when I change the startup disk from Tiger on one hdd to Leopard on the other it just boots back to Tiger. Is there a workaround or can you only change startup from the same hdd.

 

[Altemose]

I found a way to install leopard in my second hard drive in my Quicksilver. However when I change the startup disk from Tiger on one hdd to Leopard on the other it just boots back to Tiger. Is there a workaround or can you only change startup from the same hdd.

Hold Option at boot and select the drive. Make sure the jumper settings are correct.

 

[Ih8reno]

Well I pressed option but doesn't give me the choice or see the drive it seems.

 

[Altemose]

Well I pressed option but doesn't give me the choice or see the drive it seems.

Does it only show the Tiger one?

 

[Ih8reno]

Yes, but if I click in tiger to reboot to another system it shows leopard

 

[Altemose]

Yes, but if I click in tiger to reboot to another system it shows leopard

Perhaps the jumper settings are off.

 

[Ih8reno]

The hd (leopard) is set to slave. I tried both as master but it doesn't boot or see the drives. I tried booting with just the leopard as master and it works. Anything else I should try?

 

[Intell]

Is the Leopard drive formatted as APM or GUID?

 

[eyoungren]

The hd (leopard) is set to slave. I tried both as master but it doesn't boot or see the drives. I tried booting with just the leopard as master and it works. Anything else I should try?

Try Cable Select on both drives.

 

[Ih8reno]

Where can I see that?

 

[Intell]

Disk Utility.

 

[Ih8reno]

This is what I see

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[Intell]

Your Quicksilver may not be able to boot from the drive because it may lack big drive support. In a machine other than that Quicksilver, repartition the drive so that the first partition with Leopard on it is less than 127GB.

 

[Ih8reno]

I've actually just got it to run by moving the master/slave in the back of the leopard drive to the middle. Then tried Changing to Tiger, then back to leopard. Now it's stuck only booting a tiger again.

 

[Altemose]

I've actually just got it to run by moving the master/slave in the back of the leopard drive to the middle. Then tried Changing to Tiger, then back to leopard. Now it's stuck only booting a tiger again.

Which bus are the drives connected to?

 

[Ih8reno]

My technical abilities are limited, you'll have to explain that.

 

[Altemose]

My technical abilities are limited, you'll have to explain that.

Try swapping where they are plugged in inside the Mac itself.