On 25/10/10 7:26 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
What keyboard input are you using to attempt to boot the DVD, the "C" or the "Option" or both? Have you tried the USB ports on the front & the back for the keyboard? If you've removed the HD, and have the DVD in the optical drive, then it should default to the DVD to boot. Once the DVD boots, you can use Startup Disk on the DVD to select the DVD as the startup disk, and this should write this preference to NVRAM, and then when you replace the HD it should still boot to the DVD.
I used the "C" key and then later, from your response, used the "Option" key. None worked. I can't get the DVD to boot. I'm worried now that I may have made things worse from that false start on that SATA channel that caused the machine to not boot. After that, it won't boot completely, period. And still won't. Any more ideas...
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