[CUBE] External FireWire-HD/internal CD won't boot

[Eagle]

Stevie,

He's referring to the "Command" key - the one with the open Apple on it.

Yes, it is an OS X-related tip.

Eagle

On Thursday, Aug 21, 2003, at 03:22 US/Eastern, Stevie wrote:

> Hi Andre,
>
> first: thanks for your answer.
> Sorry, but what's the meaning of "CMD"?
>
> And is your tip to use under OS-X?
>
> Stevie
>
>
>> The first thing you can do is run a file system check
>> and fix, by booting with CMD and S held down. Follow
>> the exact file path which is something like sbin/fsck
>> -y  and hit enter. Note the space. When it runs it
>> will fix files and directories, but if it shows some
>> problems after that then run it again and again. When
>> it shows system OK then type reboot and hit return.
>> Andre
>>
>>
>>  --- Stevie <erasmus at t-online.de> wrote: > Hello,
>>>
>>>  I have got the problem, that my external (mirrored)
>>>  HD (FireWire) and
>>>  my DVD-drive intern can not be choosed as
>>>  startup-drives.
>>>
>>>  This means: they can be choosed, but the cube will
>>>  not accept them
>>>  when booting after that.
>>>  After a short time of search, the system of the
>>>  internal HD will boot.
>>>  I used the original system-CD and apple care CD for
>>>  the cube.
>>>
>>>  On the external FireWire-HD (tested with Norton Disk
>>>  Doctor as OK)
>>>  the cube will start, but after showing the litte Mac
>>>  it freezes.
>>>  This was under 9.2.2, but I also can't start from
>>>  the OS-X Partition
>>>  on the external drive.
>>>
>>>  All this was done successfully in the past!
>>>
>>>  Any ideas what I can try or what might be the
>>>  reason?
>>>  Thanks in advance
>>>
>>>  stevie
>>>
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