A few things to try:
1) hold option key down while booting
2) reset P-RAM by booting with cmd-option-p-r
3) hold cmd-option-o-f to get to the open firmware prompt, then type
"bye" (or possibly "mac-boot", might vary with OF version)
Patrick Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Aloha, I am a new subscriber. Isn't it funny how we find these
> resources when we really do stupid things? I've read the archives.
>
> It a fit of stupidity, and just wanting to see if it would work, I took
> my external hard drive in which OS X was installed, connected it to my
> 300 MHz Beige G3 desktop using a third party USB card. I chose OS X as
> my startup and rebooted. BLANK SCREEN. Nothing seems to work. BTW: keep
> in mind that I use an old Apple Color Monitor which is 640x480.
>
> So, I pulled the USB card and tried to boot from a retail OS 8 CD,
> holding down the C key... But, I really never hear the CD mounting
> "click"
>
> I get the reboot tone okay every time I start up... no other tones.
>
> Can anyone help me get working again. It seems that other blank screen
> problems are similar. I just don't know what to do next.
> One idea I haven't tried is setting the display resolution on the
> external HD to 640x480 and trying to boot via USB again. What do you
> think?
>
> I would be happy with direct emails of suggestions... I can wait until
> the digest for "you can't do it like that" comments.
>
> Thanks, Patrick
>
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