----- On 9/9/02 10:41 AM, jrclark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >It's COMMAND - OPTION - SHIFT - DELETE >jr
Sincere apologies for my oversight forgetting the ShiftKey in the combo!! Evidently 'COMMAND - OPTION - SHIFT - DELETE' will boot you from the chosen Startup Disk, to the next bootable media, with a bootable CD having priority over other bootable HD's. At least for IDE HD's, on my SM. Holding the 'C' key will always get me to a bootable CD, also. I've got a Sonnet Tempo ATA/100 PCI card with two IDE HD's & that key config will switch nicely between the two HD's with no bootable CD in the CDROM. Otherwise, it will go for the CD. I've no bootable SCSI drives installed & I kinda wonder which way priorities stack up, in that case. Clues? Also, when that key combo was introduced (early sys 7 somewhere?), I had the impression that it merely bypassed the internal HD, irregardless of what was chosen as Startup Disk & looked for the next bootable media. Or I wonder, did I have it wrong all these years? It would seem a moot point, but I've also got an old Color Classic II (modified CC), with a mostly nonbootable external CDROM, running OS 7.6.1. Spoze I could hook up a second SCSI HD to it & play. It might save me a little confusion, in that future pinch. Again, thanks for the correction, Lou -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
