I was able to get the iBook to boot up using my OS 10.3 install disk and my Tech Tool Pro 4.01 disk. However, it won't boot up with the Tech Tool Pro 3.01 disk. Since the two former disks are OS 10 boot disks and the latter is an OS 9 boot disk, is it possible that this iBook can't boot into OS 9? I thought that all 2001 Macs could still boot up into OS 9.
I went to Apple's website and tried to get info on the iBook but Apple said that the model number M6497 can't be found. I read the specification sheet on the early 2001 iBook but it used a model number M7...
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
I was given an iBook (M6497, 2001) and am trying to get it to boot up into OS 9. The person who gave it to me started to install OS 10 but never finished the installation, so the iBook boots up into OS 10 but before getting to where I can access the Startup Disk Control Panel, launches into the continue installtion mode. I tried to boot up from my Tech Tool Pro 3 disk by holding down the "C" key but it just booted from the hard drive (This may be due to the type of CD drive; my Bondi Rev B has never booted from a CD using the hold-down-the-C-key)
What is the other key to use to choose a startup disk?
I'm resending this with the model and year from the bottom of the iBook sine the first message hasn't showed up after 45 minutes
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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind."
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