Startup issue: Flashing World picture while booting up.*******

[BrownSquirrel]

I have an iMac G5. When I push the start button it flashes a globe and some

other symbol that escapes me at the moment. Why is it doing this? I have

tried to find an answer everywhere and have had no luck. It does this for a

minute or so and then start fine and runs great. I am clueless.......

 

[yellow]

It's looking to NetBoot.

Go into System Preferences -> Staertup Disk -> Choose your startup disk.

Restart.

No more NetBoot icon, right?

 

[72930]

System Preferences->Startup Disk->Choose the Mac option

 

[MacsRgr8]

Or if you're too lazy to wait for it to boot all the way:

Press and hold <COMMAND> <OPTION> <P> <R> at (re-)boot until you hear the startup chime twice.
That sets the PRAM boot device back to "default": first internal HD.