Re: can't open cd-rom drive to boot from cd

Hello Anthony,

Right, holding down the C key doesn't work -- no change in boot-up process,
no dialogue box, nothing.

I suspect that I already work in single user mode, but if not, how do I get
there? (Boot-up doesn't get past "Waiting for application services".)

--Letitia

On 11/17/2003, "Anthony Vann" <anthony@cafe.berkeley.edu> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>So it doesn't boot form the CD holding down the C key? You could try
>starting up in single user mode. You should be able to see the cdrom
>listed in the volumes directory if it is working.
>
>Thanks,
>Anthony
>
>On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Letitia Carper wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who told me to hold down the eject button on startup,
which
>> worked, and also the mouse button, which I didn't try. Now, however, with
a
>> cd-rom in place, I still can't get an option-boot to find another startup
>> disk. I've tried with the Jaguar disk (both #1 and #2) and with a Norton
7.0
>> disk. The startup manager finds no other bootable disk than the hard
drive.
>>
>> Is it possible that the cd-rom drive is dead?
>>
>> --Letitia
>>
>> >Reboot the machine and hold down the mouse button.
>> >This forces the CD tray to open.
>> >Then insert your install CD.
>> >You should be good to go from there.
>>
>>
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