W. wrote: > Jeez Kennedy, don't you EVER sleep?:-)
I'm on the west coast. It was actually only midnight or 1:00a. I'm pretty sure I was asleep before 2:00a. > Understanding that different users have > (and continue to have) mixed results booting S900s, I can only reiterate > that the <CMD><OPT><SHFT><DEL> keystroke has always worked for me; once I > understood that the <DEL> key in question is the <BACKSPACE> key of the > typewriter keyboard portion and NOT the <DEL> key of the editing (cursor > control) portion of the keyboard. Contrarily, the 'C' key has never worked > for me. There were a good number of SuperMacs for which holding down the C key simply will not work. It wasn't supposed to. I can't recall what the common thread was, but none of my S900s could ever boot from CD by holding the C key down. I think my J710 can. <CMD><OPT><SHFT><DEL> does what it does very reliably on all Macs of that era, but one must understand precisely what it's doing. It instructs the Mac to boot from the next bootable SCSI device *after* SCSI ID#0. So, if you have another drive with a good System Folder on it and its SCSI ID# is 1, the machine will boot from that. If the next such ID the Mac finds is #3, which is typically the CD-ROM drive, the Mac will boot from that (assuming you have a proper, bootable CD inserted). If this fails and you have a stock Zip drive (typically SCSI ID#5) with a bootable Zip disk inserted, the machine will boot from that. It actually gives one a lot more flexibility than just holding down the C key. Hope this helps. -Kennedy -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
