On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Charles Davis wrote:
> > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> >> I just set up a testbed system here, I've installed 10.4 and 10.5 on >> it, since I have to support both. I know I can hold down the option >> key to allow choosing which OS to boot into, but has anyone ever seen >> or found a way to make choosing one of the two the default? IE: Turn >> on the power and it *always* comes up to the list of boot drives? >> >> > Bruce!!! You surprise me!!! > > Go to 'Startup Disk' (System Preferences) > > Make your pick, and that one is then the 'Default' startup partition. > > Want to change? Back to 'Startup Disk' You all are missing Bruce's point. He is looking for some type of Open Firmware command that will be read as the computer is starting to boot. This would be before anything that deals with a particular OS other than that it exists and can be booted from is read off the hard drive. That way, the first thing that pops on the screen, even before the apple and spinning daisy, is a list of operating systems that he can choose one to start from. Horror of horrors, this is something that windows has (at least had in W2K) if there is more than 1 OS available. You would get a list of OS's to boot from, with the option of a default start up OS after X seconds. Sorry, but I can't help you Bruce, but maybe this will clarify things. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
