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iMac CD Booting for Idiots.
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<blockquote data-quote="alleycat009" data-source="post: 87384"><p>I just broke the seal... it's brand new... as stated above, I held down C to boot from CD... Holding down Option does not list the cd drive... I used the startup options in the OS 9 that was on the spare hard drive I had, to boot from the CD... nope. I tried using this in Open firmware:</p><p></p><p>boot cd:,\\:tbxi</p><p></p><p>Gives me a Load Size error, and spits me back into a prompt. I tried resetting the PRAM, and so far I've had no luck. Mandrake boots like it was made for it, but the recovery CD doesn't do a single thing. I have two copies of the recovery CD as well... both factory copies, they both do the same thing. I've even tried replacing the CD Drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alleycat009, post: 87384"] I just broke the seal... it's brand new... as stated above, I held down C to boot from CD... Holding down Option does not list the cd drive... I used the startup options in the OS 9 that was on the spare hard drive I had, to boot from the CD... nope. I tried using this in Open firmware: boot cd:,\\:tbxi Gives me a Load Size error, and spits me back into a prompt. I tried resetting the PRAM, and so far I've had no luck. Mandrake boots like it was made for it, but the recovery CD doesn't do a single thing. I have two copies of the recovery CD as well... both factory copies, they both do the same thing. I've even tried replacing the CD Drive. [/QUOTE]
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