Mac / Apple Boot Key Combos

By klsh on January 23, 2003 11:31 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Kevin's Stuff: I just don't get it...
Nice.
The sort of thing you'll need one day. Like the undocumented BIOS keys on clones. (holding down any key would usually throw a keyboard error which would halt, and prompt you to enter setup...)

1. Go a retrieve the G3 to have OS X installed. 2. Set everything up, fire it up and discover that it has a boot manager installed. Options to boot in to OS 9 or Yellow Dog GNU/Linux. Since I'm upgrading OS 9, I choose it. 3. Load up disc 1 of OS X, double-click on the "Install Mac OS X" icon, click on the "Restart" button to install OS X. ERROR[...]
Apple Boot Key Combos:

Bypass startup drive and boot from external (or CD).... CMD-OPT-SHIFT-DELETE
Boot from CD (Most late model Apples) ................. C
Boot from a specific SCSI ID #.(#=SCSI ID number)...... CMD-OPT-SHIFT-DELETE-#
Zap PRAM .............................................. CMD-OPT-P-R
Disable Extensions .................................... SHIFT
Rebuild Desktop ....................................... CMD-OPT
Close finder windows.(hold just before finder starts).. OPT
Boot with Virtual Memory off........................... CMD
Trigger extension manager at boot-up................... SPACE
Force Quadra av machines to use TV as a monitor........ CMD-OPT-T-V
Boot from ROM (Mac Classic only)....................... CMD-OPT-X-O
Force PowerBooks to reset the screen................... R
Force an AV monitor to be recognized as one............ CMD-OPT-A-V
Eject Boot Floppy...................................... Hold Down Mouse Button
Select volume to start from............................ OPT
OSX: Watch the status of the system load............... CMD-V
OSX: Enter single-user mode (shell-level mode)......... CMD-S

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Rendrag Nosaj said:

When you hold down the "C" key it should restart from the CD. You don't have to reformat the drive. You should be able to reinstall the Mac OS and retain all your data.

April 12, 2005 12:28 PM

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