on 08/11/05 08:36, eric john at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've got a firewire Powerbook G3 here loaded with 20 Gig HD, 512MB > RAM, the DVDROM bay drive died a couple of years ago. But currenty I > have at hand an Imation External CD writer that I bought two years ago > which is actually connected to my Powerbook through firewire port. I > tried booting up pressing the "T" and pressing the option key . . . my > panther CD wouldn't just boot up. Can anybody give me another option?
When you reboot the machine, hold down the "Option" key. After a few seconds, you should be presented with OpenFirmware, which will display all the available disks that you can boot from. If everything is fine with your external drive and your Panther CD, it should appear there. Just click on it to select it and then click the button with the right-pointing arrow and it should boot from it. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] metasyntactic variable: n. A name used in examples and understood to stand for whatever thing is under discussion, or any random member of a class of things under discussion. The word foo is the canonical example. To avoid confusion, hackers never (well, hardly ever) use `foo' or other words like it as permanent names for anything. In filenames, a common convention is that any filename beginning with a metasyntactic-variable name is a scratch file that may be deleted at any time. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
