Powerbook and boot from CD problem

Norberto Quintanar yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon May 17 13:25:01 2004


Right, that's because you have an oldworld mac.  You'll have to
follow the instructions Andrew sent you.

--- Jason Warm <jwarm@miasys.com> wrote:
> That combinations does not seem to do anything.  I hold down
> Control, 
> Apple, O (as in Orange) and F and it boots like normal.  I do not
> get a 
> prompt of any kind.
> 
> Jason
> On May 17, 2004, at 2:45 PM, Norberto Quintanar wrote:
> 
> >
> > booting from within Open Firmware - ctrl-apple-O-F and see if
> this
> > helps.
> >
> >
> > At the OF prompt just type: boot cd:,\\:tbxi
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Jason Warm <jwarm@miasys.com> wrote:
> >> I am trying to install YDL from downloaded iso files.  I have
> tried
> >>
> >> burning the CD on both Mac and PC and the result is the same. 
> When
> >> I
> >> boot into OS 9, the CD mounts fine and I am able to read it, but
> >> when I
> >> hold down "C" to try to boot off the CD-ROM it fails everytime
> and
> >> simply boots from the HD.  It does seem like it starts to read
> the
> >> CD,
> >> but simply continues on to boot off the hard drive.
> >>
> >> Jason
> >>
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