Re: iBook no CD boot??

2005-01-20 Thread David Lesher
Ben Dyer wrote: If 2 iBooks aren't recognising the CD properly, it sounds like the CD is damaged. The chances of two different computers' optical drives failing at the same time are rather slim. Do other CDs work in the drives? Cheers, Ben On 21 Jan 2005, at 01:42, David Lesher wrote: They are o

Re: iBook no CD boot??

2005-01-20 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 20/01/05 09:45, "Ben Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If 2 iBooks aren't recognising the CD properly, it sounds like the CD > is damaged. The chances of two different computers' optical drives > failing at the same time are rather slim. > > Do other CDs work in the drives? > > Cheers, > Ben

Re: iBook no CD boot??

2005-01-20 Thread Ben Dyer
If 2 iBooks aren't recognising the CD properly, it sounds like the CD is damaged. The chances of two different computers' optical drives failing at the same time are rather slim. Do other CDs work in the drives? Cheers, Ben On 21 Jan 2005, at 01:42, David Lesher wrote: They are ones I have used

Re: iBook no CD boot??

2005-01-20 Thread David Lesher
Laurent Daudelin wrote: ARGH! Did Murphy follow me home or Is this the CD that came with one of the newly iBook? Maybe it's bad? They are ones I have used for past reinstalls. And why wouldn't the iBook eject when asked? And the smaller iBook wouldn't even SEE the CD's. -- G-Books is sponsore

Re: iBook no CD boot??

2005-01-19 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 20/01/05 00:45, David Lesher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On a nearly new iBook; I needed to boot from CD to do a pw-force on the > root account. > > No joy... the CD would appear on the "hold option at powerup" menu but > attempts to boot from it would get a ISO-type slashed circle. I tri

iBook no CD boot??

2005-01-19 Thread David Lesher
On a nearly new iBook; I needed to boot from CD to do a pw-force on the root account. No joy... the CD would appear on the "hold option at powerup" menu but attempts to boot from it would get a ISO-type slashed circle. I tried both a 10.3 and a 10.2 CD #1. I then tried an external Firewire CD