Holding option on boot does not bring up boot selection screen

Holding option on boot does not bring up the boot selection screen, the machine just boots from the previously selected startup drive.
MBP 17 mid-2010.
SL 10.6.7
I created a three partition drive on a Seagate GoFlex 1.5 TB drive. GUID partition table.
Used SuperDuper to clone the drive. Drive is bootable. Booting from drive works using Startup Drive selector, so does not appear to be a drive issue.
I'm baffled. What can I do to fix/troubleshoot?
Peter

Are you using a Bluetooth keyboard by any chance, I see that same behaviour at times if so ?
I tend to select the desired boot volume with System Preferences/Startup Disc these days although option should work ...
I have noticed that if you reboot right away the option key often works the second time round which is odd.

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Vijaya wrote:
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I am trying to create a new tuxedo server, i have built it successfully and have
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File was built to
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