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Old 05-28-2005, 03:08 PM   #1
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wow, live cd made my computer not boot!


suprise suprise! I booted up fine with ubuntu ppc live, turned it off, turned it back on and OS X wasn't booting Ididn't know a live cd could do that! luckily in the mac mini user guide it tells you what to do when that happens ( press command+option+P+R)
 
Old 05-29-2005, 10:00 AM   #2
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Any idea what actually went wrong or just followed a blind fix?
 
Old 05-29-2005, 10:13 AM   #3
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I'm a mac n00b, but I believe it probably was trying to boot from something other then the harddrive
 
  


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