It almost works - it will let me select the hard drive, or the CD. If I select the hard drive - same result; if I select the CD, a mouse fault stops the boot process. I'm hoping there is a key sequence (during start-up) that allows selection between OS-X and OS-9 (like the startup preference).\\ Ken On Feb 6, 2005, at 8:03 PM, James Whitfield wrote: > > when you start up the machine hold the option key down. you should be > able to pick your start up disk > > > > > --- On Sun 02/06, Ken Johnson < kr-johnson at comcast.net > wrote: > From: Ken Johnson [mailto: kr-johnson at comcast.net] > To: cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:22:03 -0500 > Subject: [Cube] Won't boot - but my fault.... > > Intending to do the ROM update on a "new" cube, I selected OS9.2.2 in > <br>the startup preference. But there is no 9.2.x on my drive, so I > get a <br>funny error screen at start-up, but no start. I tried to > boot from the <br>10.3.x CD, no dice.<br><br>Is there a start-up > key-hold-down that will give me the choice of <br>start-up again? Or, > way other way out of this > mess? > <br><br>Ken<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>C > ube mailing > list<br>Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com<br>http:// > listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube<br> > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube >