Is there an apple fancier on the list? (was Re: [BLUG] Maildrop rules)

[Joe Auty]

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I used to have a clamshell G3 iBook that had a real hard time reading
any burned media. This might have been a power management issue, but
this was so long ago I can't remember the specific details.

Mac bootup key sequences:

c = boot from CD
t = boot in firewire target disk mode
option = select with partition to boot from
apple + option + o + f = boot into Open Firmware (replaced by EFI in
the Intel Macs)
apple + option + p + r = reset parameter RAM
apple + option + control + shift = boot from the next device on the
SCSI chain (old days)

There is a command key sequence to reset power management on laptops,
and of course holding down the power button will force a shutdown.


Will the iBook boot from "pressed" media? Is it skipping and crapping
out on your burned disk? If so, I'd suggest grabbing another Mac and
doing your OS install via firewire target disk mode, assuming the
Fedora installer will support installing to external firewire drive.

Hope this helps!


>
> I'll fix that right now. I have a G3 iBook (whatever that means)
> that I've been running strictly Fedora Core .ppc releases on ever
> since they started. The current one is all fouled up -- for a
> reason I have guess at -- in several ways. First it would only run
> KDE (which, alas!, sets my teeth on edge) ; then it ran Gnome for a
> while; now it boots only to command line, and I have to do startx
> to get any GUI at all.
>
> When I do, running Opera 9.10 (which used to be OK) freezes it up.
>
> I'm ready to wipe it and re-install FC6 -- but I can't get the fool
> thing to boot from any CD or DVD I have or can burn.
>
> I always did have a nasty time with that. But this time I'm
> beginning to think I've developed hardware problems.
>
> I try cold booting with the "option" (alt) key held down; that lets
> me get to a prompt where I can hit C, and it will say "booting from
> CDRom" -- for a minute. Then I get an error message.
>
> I've tried it over and over, with and without the option key at
> various points and for various durations. No joy ever, with any of
> them.
>
> Can somebody tell me a Magic Secret Known Only to Apple Fanciers?
> Or do I really have a hardware problem?
>



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