What if you hold down the option key when you restart? I know that at some point apple instituted a way of selecting the startup partition/disk via holding down the option key during restart. A purple screen pops up with any partition that has a bootable system, including a CD if it's in the drive. And you select one. That works on my powerbook, i've never tried it in an imac. Maybe that's helpful..... then again, maybe not. Best wishes.
brian >> Okay- 1 last question, then I'm stumped- can you start from a CD by >> putting it the drive, then selecting it in the Startup Disk Control >> Panel? >> > Only, if the shutdown problem doesn't exist. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
