Holding down the T key puts a G4 in FireWire Target Disk mode where the G4 will act as a hard drive for another Mac. Hold down the option key and if there is a valid and bootable system folder on your external FW drive then it will be listed there, just select it and hit the continue arrow.
David On Monday, January 13, 2003, at 12:38 PM, wappling wrote: > Hi all, Ive another question, G4 800 startup in OSX,Ive a second > external HD > on firewire,to start from external drive or a second drive > instructions say > hold T key,however I had no luck,am I missing something obvious? second > drive is carbon copy cloned from original HD. once booted from main > drive > all appears normal and as expected... wrong key combo for this > operation > perhaps,I cannot remeber how i did this in OS 9 either? thankyou for > your > patience,also is the a page I can printout with the key commands,Ive > used > them so seldom before. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
