On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 11:11 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > on 22/09/02 19:05, Herbert Goodfriend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Michelle, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> I do have the internal drive partitioned and the OS's on separate >> partitions. I was told since my posting (by Laurent Daudelin) that >> the Lombard's firmware may be too old to support the option-booting. >> When I installed OS 9.2 and tried to run the firmware updater it said >> that no update was needed. I am going to check the Apple website >> documents on firmware. > > And I'm still standing by what I said ;-) I have a B&W G3 that is > slightly > older than my Pismo and the Option-booting thing doesn't work.
it's amazing what you can find in Apple's Knowledge Base. :) Article #106178 <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106178> It defines which computers support the Startup Manager (that's what the screen that appears when you hold down 'option' is called). -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:" Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com