<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Are you using an Apple brand keyboard -- if not wait till you get the happy mac icon at startup before holding down the C -- some third party keyboards seem to confuse the Mac<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Other thoughts -- do you have the hard drive set as your startup disk -- just like on an intel box -- if you tell it to boot from a hard drive it won't boot from CD -- you might even try specifying the CD as your boot disk.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Last but not least the tried and true zap the parameter ram (turn the machine on while holding down Command - option -- P - R) and wait for the startup chimes to sound again then try the C option again.</DIV><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If none of that works you might want to unplug the internal drive and make sure your CD will boot the machine </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Last but not least -- the boat anchor suggestion has merit<BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Andy</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Spitfire Computer Services</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">441 Beaver Street</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Suite 202</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sewickley, PA 15143</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Phone (412) 749-0162</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Fax: (412) 749-0203</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:andy@spitcomp.com">andy@spitcomp.com</A></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">www.spitcomp.com</FONT></P> </DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Sep 20, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Eric Brown wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A while back, I asked questions on getting a beige Mac G3 to netboot off of</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">K12LTSP 4.4.0.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I found out that I couldn't.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The suggestion was to try to install Yellow Dog Linux, and have it work with</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the server.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I've burned YD 4.0.1 to cd, stuck it in the CD, shutdown, start</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">while holding down the C key, and the machine still boots into OS9.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I have</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">a rather large bias against Macs, and this is proving everything I've always</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">thougth to be true.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'd like to make this a usable machine.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Any</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">suggestions would be greatly appricated.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Eric</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Viva la Open Source!</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">K12OSN mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For more info see <<A href="http://www.k12os.org">http://www.k12os.org</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; 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