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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: wafa on Jan 17, '02 06:46:35PM

I followed the tip on how to burn a bootable CD for OS X as described in Macfixit but after I burned a CD using Toast Titanium 5.1.1, I could not boot my PowerBook G3 (Wall Street) using the CD. I tried several times by pressind Option+Command and selecting the CD as start up in System Preference but no success.



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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: rusto on Jan 17, '02 09:35:46PM
This worked fine for me...mounting my HD's was the trick once boot was complete. The macfixit instructions specifically say:

4. After quitting the utility, launch Disk Copy to Burn Image of the image file you created.

Perhaps using Toast was the problem.

Alo, have you tried booting while holding down the C key...this is he usual method of booting from a CD

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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: wafa on Jan 18, '02 02:55:12PM

Yes, I tried to boot using Command+Option keys but did not work.



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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: rusto on Jan 18, '02 04:36:27PM

I suggested booting while holding down ONLY the "c" key, I mentioned nothing about <command><option>...don't mean to be rude but, you've shown 2 instances now where instructions were given and you haven't followed them and then you said "hey, this doesn't work":

1) macfixit says to use Disk Copy to burn the image and you used Toast

2) I suggest booting while holding down "c" and you reiterate that you used another method

Why not try following the macfixit instructions to the letter...then boot to your new CD by holding down the "c" key?

I hope this works for you.



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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: wafa on Jan 20, '02 12:04:09PM

Sorry Rusto, it was a typo on my part, I meant holding the Command + C keys. The only part of the Macfixit instructions I did not follow is to use DiskCopy to Burn the CD instead I used Toast. While I dont see the reason why it should not work with Toast as well; I will try once more to burn the same CD using DiskCopy and hope it will work.



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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: elmimmo on Jan 20, '02 05:47:08PM

The problem with Mac OS X is that you sort of need to be an advance user, in the sense that for example, its imperative to know how to READ.

Command + C? Where the heck did he say command? c, c, c. That is one, 1, single, lonely key you need to press. You can press it with tour finger, you can press it with your nose, your toes or your butt but press only that single damn key and forget about command + alt + esc + 19875 + F12 will you?

If that does not work try pulling the plug of your computer and wait in front of it some time until it talks to you. It might take a while though so be patient...



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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: wafa on Jan 20, '02 06:46:09PM

Thanks for your nice words but bear with me since I got some signs of Altzheimer and hooked on Command Key; I dont know why but I swear I pressed the C key ONLY and never Command + C.

Just a little footnote, I am a user of the Apple line of computers since 1984.



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Bootable CD -OS X
Authored by: englabenny on Jun 14, '03 03:46:23PM

Please! I don't want to have to read through such attitude at macosxhints. This user clearly stated what he had done, and asked kindly for a hint on what to do... If you think that you are too smart to need hints, and those who needs them are idiots, you are at the wrong place...



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Unbootable Wallstreet
Authored by: Mithrandir on Jan 18, '02 06:55:46AM

My Wallstreet does this when ever I give it a bad CD to boot from. Sometimes I get the broken folder icon. My guess is the CD you burned is no good. Here's how I get back up and running:

Boot from the Mac OS 9.1 Install CD holding the C key down at startup.

If that doesn't do it, shut the book down then zap your PRAM with Apple+Option+P+R at startup, repeat the above step.

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