Try holding the Shift/Cmd/Option/Delete keys down while booting from the CD. This will force the machine to boot from an alternate System folder (ie: the bootable CD).
Good Luck, R. Bob Blaylock wrote: > Another problem I am having with my c500. > > Supposedly, I should be able to make it boot from a CD rather than > the hard drive, by holding down the C key during the earliest stage > of booting. I am quite sure that in the past, this worked. But now, > it doesn't seem to work. If I put a bootable CD in the drive, and > hold down the C key, it still boots from the hard drive. > > I can get my machine to boot from a CD by disconnecting the hard > drive, but this rather defeats the point. > > I've tried using the "Startup Disk" control panel to specify the > disk in the CD drive, to no avail. > > Last night, I created a bootable RAM disk (using the Memory Control > Panel to create the RAM disk, using the System 8.6 CD to install a > system on that disk, and then using Startup Disk to specify the Ram > Disk) and this worked exactly as expected. But this is rather a lot > of trouble to go to whenever I want to boot from something other than > my hard drive. > > As long as a bootable hard drive is present, my machine seems to be > entirely unwilling to boot from a CD. > > Any ideas? > -- > > -- > "Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me > as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward > chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large > numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the > online community." -- The "Boulder Pledge" by well-known movie critic > Roger Ebert > > -- > 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 -- 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
