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Old 10-06-06   #1 (permalink)
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Default Can't get iMac G4 to boot off cd:(

I have a mac at work here that I can't get it to boot off the cd. I know the disc is fine because I used it to reload a different one. Things I've tried:
-Holding the c key during boot
-Holding the option key during boot(doesn't show the cd as a bootable device. Even unplugged the hard drive and it showed no boot device.)
-System prefrences boot device select can select the cd but it won't boot off of it.
-Cleared the cmos.
-Lots of profanity
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im not at all knowlegeable whith mac type pc but bootablity recuires that the cd match the the type, mac cd for ?mac? [or what ever the name] x86 for x86
and two: is the cd drive compatible? set a boot dection delay

...do mac have floppys?
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