[Ti] Selling powerbook..how do I:

[Victor Eijkhout]

>Reboot the powerbook with the 10.1 Cd #1 inside while holding the C 
>key. This will start the
>installer. When it asks you if you want to do a clean install, it 
>will allow you to reformat the
>drive. Once you do this the installer will leave the machine just 
>like the day you pulled it out of
>the box.

The other day I had to replace a tibook hard drive. The thing refused 
to start up from CD while there was an unformatted drive in it. Can 
anyone explain that to me? I hooked up the ti as target drive to a 
desktop machine, and was able to install the system that way, but I'm 
still curious.
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