<< It seems the internal CD-ROM drive in my Wall Street
PB is shot but I have an external (SCSI) CD-R/W drive and bootable disks of course (I was thinking of Disk Warrior in this case). Holding down the "C" key on startup didn't work (is this only for the internal CD-ROM drive?) >> The <C> key forces startup preference to address the internal CD (if present). To force startup preference to address the external BUS, use a set of 4 keys: <SHIFT> <OPTION> <COMMAND/APPLE> <DELETE>, held until the happy-Mac screen shows. Whatever is on the BUS - and is powered up - should receive preferential treatment as the startup drive. This is an old programmers' trick from 2 decades or more ago. I remember using it to boot from an external SCSI hard drive (a whopping 40 MBs !) to kick-start an early classic, and was using the same code sequence just this week on a Beige G3 ( with a puny 9 GB external drive !). Richard in deep-south Texas -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
