Thanks. Could you just clarify - "run the OS installer as normal" - do you mean from disk?
2009/9/10 Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> > You are correct - this has come up before. I found this in my saved emails > - originally sent by Sam: > > Reboot with the original installer DVD in, holding down C. That’ll boot the > powerbook from the DVD. Choose Disk Utility from the Installer or Utilities > menu (depending on OS version) and then click on the internal hard drive > device (not the name of the volume, usually “Macintosh HD”, the hardware > device one level above it) click on Options then select Zero format. Erase > the disk that way then when it’s finished, run the OS installer as normal > and then when it’s finished, reboot. When you hear the startup chime, hold > the power button down until the powerbook switches off. That way the next > person to switch it on will get the user setup screen. > > Chris > > > ^| > What he said > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] > providing affordable Apple & PC services > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
