tried holding c while starting up. didn't work.
Please help
I have an iBook G3 clamshell (yes very old!)
2007-09-29 09:02:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
I'm trying to boot from the cd because the operating system isn't installed
2007-09-29 09:39:28 · update #1
c is for modern os x machines,
hold down c and d to boot off a cd on ancient macs.
or if the machine is still booting off the hard disk, you can just run the cd's installer and it will handle the booting for you.
UPDATE
I seem to remember a floppy disk used to start off OS 1-9 installs. Do you have ANY bootable floppy disks?
Booting directly to a cd is different on each mac! (C+D) was for even older macs.
try reseting like apple suggests in http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449#faq4
2007-09-29 09:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Forget about holding C and D. That is meaningless. If you can't get it to boot holding C. Something is interfering. Is this the original CD drive?
Try holding these 4 keys: command- option- shift- delete. If that fails, hold just the option key at startup. You should see the startup manager screen as in the article linked below. Click once on the CD icon and press enter.
2007-10-02 02:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-10 00:52:15 · answer #3 · answered by rollman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋