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<blockquote data-quote="Dnasty777" data-source="post: 887053" data-attributes="member: 115090"><p>Hey all, first post here and have a problem or two. I'm pretty savvy with Windows based computers and just started my adventure into Linux distros. Anyway...</p><p></p><p>Today my mother brought home a Mini from her work. I have no idea what the specs on it are and it came with nothing but the power cord. She told me that the previous user said that it kept crashing and that it is set up to boot Windows XP. Well I plugged it in, powered on, and it went to a white screen and then right to the XP splash screen. I was under the impression that I would be able to select which OS I wanted to boot like when I dual boot on my vista/ubuntu system but I guess not. So here is my question:</p><p></p><p>Is there any way I can get it to boot to the original Mac OS? or to find out if it even has it on there? If I can get it to boot to the original mac OS I will be removing Windows XP from it as I have no use for XP. I have little knowledge or experience with Macs and would like this to be my first setup. Thanks for any and all help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dnasty777, post: 887053, member: 115090"] Hey all, first post here and have a problem or two. I'm pretty savvy with Windows based computers and just started my adventure into Linux distros. Anyway... Today my mother brought home a Mini from her work. I have no idea what the specs on it are and it came with nothing but the power cord. She told me that the previous user said that it kept crashing and that it is set up to boot Windows XP. Well I plugged it in, powered on, and it went to a white screen and then right to the XP splash screen. I was under the impression that I would be able to select which OS I wanted to boot like when I dual boot on my vista/ubuntu system but I guess not. So here is my question: Is there any way I can get it to boot to the original Mac OS? or to find out if it even has it on there? If I can get it to boot to the original mac OS I will be removing Windows XP from it as I have no use for XP. I have little knowledge or experience with Macs and would like this to be my first setup. Thanks for any and all help! [/QUOTE]
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