John Beringer wrote: > > Geez do I feel horrible. > > In an attempt to reinstall and *fix* my wife's G3 333 bronze keyboard > Laptop, I somehow managed to crash the computer during the install process. > I was going through the steps of upgrading from OS 9.0.4 to 9.1 (was > intending on going through to 9.2.2) and I must have screwed it up fiddling > with the network while having left it connected!! Ack! > > The horrible thing now is that I can't get it to boot from CD! I've > restarted with the CD pressing the "C" key and no go. Instead it boots only > to a partial system showing me the "happy mac" icon, but not doing anything > else. How unhappy! > > I hoped against hope that it might be recognized over our soho network, but > alas, here I was dissapointed as well. > > Does anyone have any advice? > How can I force it to boot from CD besides by pressing "C"? > Arrrrrggggg. > > Thanks for any suggestions!
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