Thanks Martin, Does that give us any hint about whats happening? How is that PRAM/PROM normally set? Maybe we need to go change the default somewhere?
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Martin Langhoff <martin.langh...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Caroline Meeks > <carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: > > Problems seem to be a good bet! What the golly gosh jimminy crippers is > > going on?!? Why does it work once and not again? What is linux doing that > is > > keeping MacOSX from booting even after all the linux medium is removed? > > The macs have a funny BIOS that has a persistent memory. So it will > remember where you booted from, and a few other things. If this BIOS > gets confused and stores its confusion in persistent mem, you get > exactly what you are seeing. > > Removing the batteries resets this memory. > > In Mac parlance, resetting this memory is known as "resetting the > PRAM" (or maybe PROM). There is a key combination -- different between > mac models -- that does this. Add the exact model of your mac to the > search below... > > http://www.google.be/search?q=resetting+pram+mac > > this is a good example > > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 > > hth, > > > > m > -- > martin.langh...@gmail.com > mar...@laptop.org -- School Server Architect > - ask interesting questions > - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first > - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
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