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  • Flat screen iMac Startup Problem

    From Cat@meow@purring.cat to comp.sys.mac.system,aus.computers.mac on Thursday, July 24, 2003 19:30:46
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    Hi all

    A friend's "helpful" son interupted a system update to play some games;
    now the machine doesn't start up. It shows a flashing foler icon and a question mark. All the Apple docs on their support site tell me to start fixing this by starting up from the OS X Install CD, and suggest I can
    get the CD into the iMac by starting it up with the mouse button down -
    this is supposed to open the CD drive. It doesn't.

    Can anyone suggest how I can get the CD drive to open?

    Meow
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  • From plasmodium@in@signature.mate to comp.sys.mac.system,aus.computers.mac on Thursday, July 24, 2003 20:16:45
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    I had a similar prob once - boot into open firmware - hold down command-option-O-F at startup, once you get a prompt - I think I just
    typed eject, and out it came........


    In article <meow-D4D975.19304624072003@otis.netspace.net.au>, Cat <meow@purring.cat> wrote:

    Hi all

    A friend's "helpful" son interupted a system update to play some games;
    now the machine doesn't start up. It shows a flashing foler icon and a question mark. All the Apple docs on their support site tell me to start fixing this by starting up from the OS X Install CD, and suggest I can
    get the CD into the iMac by starting it up with the mouse button down -
    this is supposed to open the CD drive. It doesn't.

    Can anyone suggest how I can get the CD drive to open?

    Meow
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  • From Cat@meow@purring.cat to comp.sys.mac.system,aus.computers.mac on Thursday, July 24, 2003 21:37:33
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <240720032016450790%in@signature.mate>,
    plasmodium <in@signature.mate> wrote:

    I had a similar prob once - boot into open firmware - hold down command-option-O-F at startup, once you get a prompt - I think I just
    typed eject, and out it came........

    Yeah, tried that (have to type "eject cd"). Didn't work.

    Meow
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  • From plasmodium@in@signature.mate to comp.sys.mac.system,aus.computers.mac on Thursday, July 24, 2003 23:07:18
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    sounds grim :o

    In article <meow-43B97D.21373324072003@otis.netspace.net.au>, Cat <meow@purring.cat> wrote:

    In article <240720032016450790%in@signature.mate>,
    plasmodium <in@signature.mate> wrote:

    I had a similar prob once - boot into open firmware - hold down command-option-O-F at startup, once you get a prompt - I think I just
    typed eject, and out it came........

    Yeah, tried that (have to type "eject cd"). Didn't work.

    Meow
    --- Synchronet 3.18b-Win32 NewsLink 1.113