We just tried on a mac here which is showing the same reluctance. (Can't boot puredyne 9.11 dvd edition, just gives us a flashing cursor and nothing more.) It's NOT a password-protected EFI, and resetting the PRAM doesn't help. Low on ideas so far...
Dan 2010/10/14 Dan S <[email protected]>: > How are you trying to boot them? Are you holding the C button down > Those systems look very similar to me too. > > The EFI on one of them may have password-protection enabled, which > according to this article prevents boot from cd/dvd by holding C: > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1352 > That page also suggests how you can check/alter whether it is > password-protected. > > You could also try resetting the PRAM on the mac which doesn't want to > boot it. Not particularly likely to help but it's easy to do. > > Dan > > > 2010/10/14 #! /usr/bin/adnan <[email protected]>: >> heya, >> >> tried to install pure:dyne on some intel macs & weirdly some of the macs >> won't boot the cd/dvd & some boot, thought they have the same hardware specs >> as far as i'm aware of, or i could not find the difference. any ideas why? >> >> ta, >> adnan >> >> mac not booting: >> >> Hardware Overview: >> >> Model Name: iMac >> Model Identifier: iMac8,1 >> Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo >> Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz >> Number Of Processors: 1 >> Total Number Of Cores: 2 >> L2 Cache: 6 MB >> Memory: 2 GB >> Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz >> Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00 >> SMC Version (system): 1.29f1 >> Serial Number (system): VM827MTYZE6 >> Hardware UUID: AB7310CC-6131-57AC-A946-FD0CAB3B37E2 >> >> >> & mac booting: >> >> Hardware Overview: >> >> Model Name: iMac >> Model Identifier: iMac8,1 >> Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo >> Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz >> Number Of Processors: 1 >> Total Number Of Cores: 2 >> L2 Cache: 6 MB >> Memory: 2 GB >> Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz >> Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00 >> SMC Version (system): 1.29f1 >> Serial Number (system): VM827KBQZE6 >> Hardware UUID: DCCADD2D-4212-568A-9780-61CF6F20582F >> >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > > > > -- > http://www.mcld.co.uk > -- http://www.mcld.co.uk --- [email protected] http://identi.ca/group/puredyne irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne
