On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, My ol' G4 20" iMac has been collecting dust as family members seem > to prefer the convenience of laptops. My wife suddenly wants to load > up her iPod Touch with tunes she had on the old iMac, but I'm getting > an "infinite" blue screen when I try to boot it up. Perhaps the > internal HD is fried. If the internal battery is dead, could that > cause it not to boot? > Anyway, I was hoping to boot the machine up with an external HD (an > old clone of the internal HD has some of the tunes she wants) but > haven't been successful. So: > What are the appropriate key combinations to get a booting iMac to > find an external HD and boot from that? Are either FW or USB > appropriate? > Thanks -- it's terrible forgetting basic troubleshooting techniques! > Patrick
I searched google I found this at the top of the list http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/Tech_Notes/Mac_Keys.htm -- -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. - Sam Levenson - "You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them... - http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/30879.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
