Todd,

Yea, I've seen that. But I'm pretty sure that's for hard drives and not for
booting to a cd.

Thanks,

Jake
On Dec 31, 2011 1:50 AM, "Todd Brayer" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I never used 10.1, but doesn't it have a Startup Disk thing in the
> control panels that you can use to have it default to starting from
> the system disk? I don't see if you tried that or not.
>
> Todd Brayer
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Jake Lumpkin <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Okay, I can do that. As soon as I get some hex wrenches. Thanks guys,
> I'll
> > let you know how it ends up.
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > On Dec 31, 2011 12:27 AM, "Camden" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> You may not need a new drive. You're going to need to open up the mac,
> and
> >> reseat the power and IDE connectors for the drive. Check for burst
> >> capacitors. eMacs have an issues with capacitors on the drive
> controller.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Jake Lumpkin <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dylan,
> >>>
> >>> I tried holding down option and turning it on. The only volume that
> came
> >>> up was my hard drive. Dies this mean that I need a new super drive? I
> tried
> >>> it with two different install disks and neither would show up.
> >>>
> >>> Jake
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 30, 2011 11:50 PM, "Dylan McDermond" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > On Dec 30, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Jake Lumpkin <[email protected]>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > I put in the CD for Tiger and restarted. I've tried holding the "C"
> >>> > > key, and also pressing ALT+OPTION+SHIFT+DELETE too. Neither have
> made it
> >>> > > boot to CD
> >>> >
> >>> > The eMac is a "new world" Mac so ctrl cmnd shift del won't work. Try
> >>> > holding down Option before the "bong" and continue to hold it until
> you get
> >>> > a blue screen. It should look for any bootable volumes and allow you
> to
> >>> > choose which one to boot from. If your Tiger install DVD is in the
> drive
> >>> > (and your drive is a Combo or SuperDrive) the Tiger DVD should be
> listed.
> >>> >
> >>> > > I apologize if my macs not old enough to put in this group
> >>> >
> >>> > I don't know if there is an official cut off point but it seems to
> >>> > cover anything "old world" with an emphasis on pre-PowerPC Macs (with
> >>> > Motorola 68k series processors).
> >>> >
> >>> > Have fun with your "new" eMac!
> >>> >
> >>> > - Dylan
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