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- 20" 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo iMac, 1.5 GHZ PPC Mac Mini, MacBook MB403LL/A
I am having far more trouble than I should, getting my mini to boot to a CD. I finally did get it to do so, and booted (successfully BTW) to Ubuntu 5.1 (live), but it wasn't easy. I guess it's all about the timing, but when exactly does one press the key or keys required to boot to other media? And, do I have this correct:
To boot to a CD: Press C
To boot to another boot drive: Press CMD+OPTION+SHIFT+DELETE
I'd like to test my bootable copy/image of OS X on my external firewire drive, but I can't seem to get the thing to do anything but boot normally into OS X from the internal drive.
Will these keystrokes work from a re-start, or do I need to power down and back up?
I understand that I can choose my bootup disk from System Preferences, but I'd like to do it via the keyboard at bootup, just to be sure I *can* do it, if it ever becomes necessary.
So to summarize:
Which keystrokes to boot to a drive of my choice?
When are the keys to be pressed?
Should they be held down?
Thanks!
Mark
To boot to a CD: Press C
To boot to another boot drive: Press CMD+OPTION+SHIFT+DELETE
I'd like to test my bootable copy/image of OS X on my external firewire drive, but I can't seem to get the thing to do anything but boot normally into OS X from the internal drive.
Will these keystrokes work from a re-start, or do I need to power down and back up?
I understand that I can choose my bootup disk from System Preferences, but I'd like to do it via the keyboard at bootup, just to be sure I *can* do it, if it ever becomes necessary.
So to summarize:
Which keystrokes to boot to a drive of my choice?
When are the keys to be pressed?
Should they be held down?
Thanks!
Mark