Hi, Did you try niels instructions for booting from the cd and reinstalling sl?
I was going to suggest the same thing but he beet me to it. On 16/09/2011, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Well, I finally got it out--explain more later. But I'm definitely saving > this message. :) > thanks! > Donna > > On Sep 16, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Doug Lawlor wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> Try the following: >> 1. make sure the machine is powered off. >> 2. Hold down the eject button, that is the key to the right of the F12 key >> and press the power button while keeping the eject button held down. You >> should hear the cd start to spin and then the mac chime. After the chime >> the cd should eject. Just keep the eject button held until the cd pops >> out. >> >> Doug >> >> On 2011-09-16, at 9:33 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> thanks for the suggestion Keith. right Now, though, I don't have an OS, >>> so can't go into the utilities area to open Terminal. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> >>> On Sep 16, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Keith Watson wrote: >>> >>>> Donna, >>>> >>>> I am not sure exactly what is wrong or why you cannot get out your >>>> dvd. If you can boot the system I would open terminal from the >>>> utilities area and run the following >>>> >>>> sudo eject /dev/cdrom >>>> >>>> and see if that doesn't help. >>>> >>>> >>>> Keith Watson >>>> 813-760-1381 >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Because I can neither install from my SL disk, nor get the Mac to >>>>> reinstall Lion. I don't know what else to do, and I'm unable to eject >>>>> the SL disk at all. >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Donna, >>>>>> >>>>>> Unfortunately, there's no way to physically eject the disc without >>>>>> having >>>>>> the machine turned on, since the only way you can do it is with the >>>>>> eject >>>>>> button. Also, why would you need Apple to reinstall the OS? >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 6:39 AM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Is there a manual eject button anywhere on the MBP? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> OK, since I seem to be out of options here, I don't know what to do >>>>>> except >>>>>> take the MBP into the Apple Store and have them reinstall the OS. But >>>>>> I >>>>>> don't want to travel with a DVD in the drive. Is there a manual eject >>>>>> button anywhere on this thing? >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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