On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:55 AM, jonas ulrich wrote: > >> I don't think thats what bruce is talking about. It sounds like he >> wants the >> boot menu to come up as soon as he turns the computer on. Basically >> instead >> of holding down the options key to see bootable volumes, just make it >> automatically go there.-Jonas >> > > > DING! Jonas gets in one! > > I don't want to use Startup disk...I want the thing to start up and > present me a list of bootable devices, as if I held down the option > key. > > Gah..I hope I don't have to install grub or yaboot to SEE if they > work. > > I wonder if I can muck with Open Firmware to do this. I know that's > how you set verbose booting as default and suchlike. Never having looked for that specific thing, it may not be there. But there are scads of things settable in OF. The times I've looked, I've been amazed at the number of, and types of actions possible, just by 'tweaking' OF settings. The place I'd start looking again, is Apple's treatises on OF (Thats where I was when I saw what I remember as possibly helpful) Chuck D. > > >>> 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'. >>> >>> >>> Chuck D. >>> > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
