[DM-MUG] formatted powerbook won't boot

[Bill Davis]

Have you tried holding down the 'C' key while booting with the CD 
present?  Or before that it was (I think) the Tab key.  This forces the 
computer to boot from the CD or to skip the main boot drive and search 
for another bootable drive.   I don't recall if the 3400c has Open 
Firmware, but if so there may be other magic keys at boot that will 
help you select the boot drive.  Search Apple's support web site for 
more possibilities.

  - Bill


On Jun 26, 2005, at 12:17 PM, Barry Von Ahsen wrote:

> I was trying to install Linux on a Powerbook 3400c, but I forgot to 
> create the 800k boot partition.  Not surprisingly, now it won't boot.
>
> The problem is, it won't read the floppy or the cdrom either.  I've 
> tried to boot into open firmware (which fails), and I've zapped the 
> pram, but when I try to boot off of the system tools floppy or the cd, 
> it doesn't even try to access the respective drive
>
> Is there anything I can do, or do I have a doorstop?
>
> -barry
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