From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 20 23:29:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251B016A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:29:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from p15140542.pureserver.info (papendorf-se.de [217.160.222.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2462B43D3F for ; Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:29:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nagilum.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by p15140542.pureserver.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C26D2F4117; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from p15140542.pureserver.info ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (p15140542 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 11196-08; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net (unknown [217.188.235.161]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by p15140542.pureserver.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE3C92F405B; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:35 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2633028FB; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from cakebox.homeunix.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cakebox.tis [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13964-07; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.1.1.4] (scorpio.tis [10.1.1.4]) by cakebox.homeunix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4283A3028A1; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:08 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <419FD345.2090605@nagilum.org> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:29:09 +0100 From: Nagilum User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Macintosh/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pixiedave References: <1269804111110574bcb1c9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1269804111110574bcb1c9@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cakebox.homeunix.net X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at papendorf-se.de cc: FreeBSD questions list Subject: Re: OT: Powerbook Problem. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:29:40 -0000 Reboot the machine, before the OS loads press the 'c' key to boot from CD-Rom or press the option key to have Openfirmware scan for bootable devices and then you can select from which to boot via mouse. See: http://www.jacsoft.co.nz/Mac_Keys.htm for more.. pixiedave wrote: >Hope someone can help! When I boot my powerbook, my desktop image >loads, and then the apple bar starts to load, then the rainbow wheel >keeps spinning, and the apple bar keeps flashing on and off as iif it >is trying to load. A disc will eject with the eject button, and the >volume buttons work including the display, but the os never finishes >loading. So I want to reinstall, but how do i get the g4 to boot from >the install dvd without having the machine up and running, installing >the disc, choosing install and rebooting? I imagine there is a key >sequence, but cant find it > >