I've found something fairly interesting about this. I have a Panasonic 8x (w/built-in speakers). I cannot cold-boot off the CD, BUT.... If I hold the space bar at startup, Conflict Catcher comes up. CC has a startup menu which allows you to choose a startup disk and/or change/bless a different system folder on the same disk. When I select the OS on the CD, CC forces a reboot and successfully boots off the CD. There MIGHT be a preference setting to "Scan Disks at Startup" Cheers, j on 10/20/00 1:51 AM, Tom Rymes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Once again, booting from the CD-ROM has **ABOSULTELY NOTHING** to do with > the the CD-ROM driver that you have installed in your system folder. That > driver is not loaded until much later in the startup process. > > Apple drives have special hardware "ROMs" that allow the mac to easily > realize that the CD-ROM has a system folder on it when you hold down > the 'c' key. You can often force the computer to scan a non-apple drive > for a system folder by selecting the CD-ROM in the System disk control > panel. Holding down the Command, Option, Shift and Delete (backspace) keys > at startup often works, too. AFAIK, the 'c' key only works with Apple-ROM > drives. > > So remember, even if you have **NO** driver loaded on your machine, you > can still boot from the CD drive. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | Great Duo & 2400 stuff including 10/100 Ethernet for 2400s! Dr. Bott | Duo Batts too <http://www.drbott.com/prod/alist/duo.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
