[plug] linux on an imac

[Arie Hol]

On 21 Aug 2006 at 13:47, Gavin Chester wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:38 +0800, Daniel J. Axtens wrote:
> > I may be wrong, but I thought you needed to hold down Apple-C....
> > 
> > Daniel
> > 
> 
> Thanks.  Whether that combo, or any others suggested, it seems that no
> matter what key combo I try I can't get anything other than the 
flashing
> mac/?.  Very frustrating.  I'd be tempted to think that I didn't 
connect
> something internal correctly, but then it's a pain to pull it all apart
> again :-(.  OTOH, if I was doing it right I should be able to get to 
the
> OpenFirmware even if the drives were disconnected, surely? :-/
> 

Just guessing here - 

Does the BIOS need to be told that there is a different HDD even though 
the original HDD was replaced with a similar/identical HDD ?

Is there a particular way of preparing a HDD as a boot device in an IMac 
?

Is the HDD configured as a slave or a master?

Like I said, just guessing here.

Regards Arie
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