Re: HELP!... cant boot and cant open CDROM...
On (22/02/05 00:00), Charles Read wrote:
> Hey everybody!
>
> In a REAL crunch here! Was playing around with adding a new firewire
> drive to my PowerMac linux system, wouldnt you know a power outage
> shows up... as a result I cant boot and I need to be able to get to my
> hard drive to edit the mess ups... but I cant eject the CD drive to
> throw in knoppix or anything else. When I try to boot I ge tthe yaboot
> welcome and can choose to boot l for linux or c for cdrom... i need to
> be able to get a disc in that cdrom... PLEASE HELP!!!
You don't say what model you've got - normally a straightened paper-clip
will enable you to open the tray with the power off. Look for a hole at
the front of the tray.
Regards
Clive
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