Chuck writes,
Yes, that's it -- while the G4 is powered down, hold down the mouse
button while simultaneously pushing the power button on the G4. The
machine will boot up, but also the optical drive will open, so you can
take out the CD (or DVD) which got "trapped" when the machine
malfunct
Hi Yersinia;
Never heard of the 'mouse & power button' = eject.
What works for me is 'mouse button' ONLY --- while booting. of course.
Chuck D.
On Dec 4, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Yersinia wrote:
>
> Hi again Listers,
>
> :blush: U...let's hope my Powerbook 5300 comes to my
> rescue
> a
THANK YOU KRIS!!!
Yes, that started me up (although it was weird not seeing the "Welcome to
Mac OS, Extensions Off" notice), I got into OS 9 OK that way. The G4's
eject button didn't work in getting it to spit out the CD but I was able
to change the startup back to Tiger, and in Tiger, the e
On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Yersinia wrote:
> Having tried to boot from a copy of my "original" OS 9 system folder
> which I'd put on the OS X HD for safekeeping just prior to doing the
> OS 9
> reinstall Sat night (and which my G4 had also been running Classic
> Mode
> from since then when
Hi again Listers,
:blush: U...let's hope my Powerbook 5300 comes to my rescue
again (it's the only way I have right now to send or receive email...) --
My experimenting with Charles's suggestion of removing certain
extensions (and some obviously erroneous ideas of my own) to fix
