Just curious (additional and translated)

[Andrew]

On Sat, 2004-10-02 at 12:53, GDB-B&W-YDL3.0.1 wrote:

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> Okay, gave that a shot.  The reset-nvram line went fine, but the 
> set-default line resulted in a BAD DEFAULT error message.  I did some 
> googling for this message but the only thing I found was in some other 
> language so I could not read what it said about it.  What does it mean?
> 
> Just a message from Doug...

Its in french. Extremly poor french I must say. Basically, its about
some problems a dude had/has with it's iMac so some other dude (Gilles)
suggested to re-initialise the nvram. It doesnt work out well..

Translation begin at 3rd paragraph: 
" (...) then, after the second command "set-default" OF answered "bad
default". I kept on and re-did it all but I always get the same answer?
Somebody know?

<some impossible to translate garbage>  (...) my problem is the boot
prompt I can't choose the startup partition using the alt key because
after I do, the mac is unable to boot and show the famous question mark
that mean it can't locate a system folder. I must then reboot violently
(hard reboot) It then boot into the Startup Disk's system folder. (huh?)
 
 I can choose between three system folder corresponding to my 3
partitions (2 MacOS9 and 1 MacOSX) using the Startup Disk control panel
but not using the alt key during startup.

Is it bad?
I canged the battery (voltmeter reported only 1V instead the 3,6V) I did
the voodoo tricks (pram zap, unplugged it all for some hours, rebuild
desktop.....)

If anyone have ideas here thanks in advance.

End of translation!