On May 20, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Linda wrote: > > On May 20, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > >>> Are you holding down the C key immediately after you push the power button >>> and hear the startup chime? Hold it down until you hear the DVD start >>> twirling around in the drive, which means your Mac is getting ready to boot >>> from the Leopard disk. >> >> Alternatively, put the Leopard DVD in the drive, then hold down the Option >> key after you press the power button and hear the startup chime. Wait a bit >> until all bootable volumes have shown up on the grey screen. Then select the >> Leopard DVD as the boot disk (you might have to wait a while before the >> system will let you select it), then hit the Enter/Return key. Your Mac >> should begin booting from the Leopard DVD. >> > > Apparently I have a problem with my CD/DVD drive. It won't recognize my > Leopard disk. I put it in the drive and it spits it back out. I can put it in > my external DVD drive and it shows up just fine but I can't boot from that > drive. > > God, I don't want to drive 2 hrs to the nearest Apple store to fix this.
OK. Sounds as if your Mac's optical drive won't recognize a DVD. I'd also guess that your external DVD drive is connected via USB and not firewire, which is why your Mac won't boot from that drive either. Then try this: Use your older OS X disk, which IIRC is Panther, which is on CD and not DVD. Try, using either method above, to boot from that CD. I've used earlier OS X install disks to boot and change the password. If this works, don't forget the other poster's advice about starting a new keychain to avoid future password issues. HTH, Jim -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
