Can't locate volume in Startup Disk Options...?

Ok I am sure this is so basic that I have missed something glaringly obvious. I have added a second drive to my G5, created a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Volume on it, and it's showing up in the finder as a volume. However, I want to use it as the startup disk since it's much bigger & newer than my original drive. But when I go into 'Startup Disk' in System Preferences, it's not there to choose. All I have is a folder referring to Mac OSX on my older volume, and a Network Startup icon with a question mark on it. What do I do?

You have to install OSX on the drive to use it as a startup volume. You could do this from your install DVD, or clone your existing drive to the new drive with SuperDuper!
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Hi,
"Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory."
I am trying to free up space to stop this message from popping up on my screen. I've emptied my trash, but the problem isn't gone.
I have a iMac with OS X 10.6.8, with 4GB of Memory.
My local disk capacity is 499.76 GB and i am only using 179.07GB.
I am unsure how to remove temporary files, even though i am clearing temp files from my browser's history.
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2         409640    253309143 af Mac OS X HFS+
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My mom has an iMac and apparently the internal disk has failed. Starts up with the disk and question mark, and running the Disk Utility can't access or format it.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If your Mom's computer supports Firewire, and meets the minimum system requirements for Tiger or the minimum system requirements for Panther depending on which system you plan to install, it should be fine. In terms of the legality, I am not sure if having the system installed on an external HDD runs afoul of the Software License Agreement which statesThis License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single computer at a time. This License does not allow the Apple Software to exist on more than one computer at a time...On the other hand if you Mom has the install disk and just can't get it on the internal HDD, there should be no problem.
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Exception state: (more numbers)
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panic: we are hanging here...

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This is the retail dvd. That means it will install on ANY Mac with a G3, G4, or G5 ppc processor along with Xcode 2. (256 megs of RAM min)
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Item #:
MA453Z/A 1005166
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minimum system requirements
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Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4720126?tstart=0
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http://www.whatsmyip.org/
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/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration... the whole SysConfig folder.
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist
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Hi:
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