[G4] Disk Warrior vs. Optical Mouse

[Ron Steinke]

On 20 Jun, 2005, at 10:23, Crazy Miz B wrote:

Anybody have a clue as to how I can get my mac to use Disk Warrior as 
startup disk, when my keyboard/mouse are wireless?

I tried a dozen times with the "c" key, then finally realized it wasn't 
"seeing" the disk.

Do I have to borrow somebody's hard-wired keyboard? That's quite the 
fly in the ointment, ain't it? So much for wireless....

In a word - YES.

The wireless controls are not recognized until the system has almost 
completed the startup procedure. If they are not recognized at 
power-up, the keyboard/mouse won't have any effect on selecting the 
boot volume.

You could always boot up, select the DW cd as the boot volume and do a 
restart to achieve your goal. My only question at that point would be 
whether or not the DW cd would recognize the wireless keyboard/mouse at 
all.

My final suggestion is get a wired keyboard/mouse and keep them around 
for situations like this. It only takes a moment to switch from 
wireless to wired and you will always have the tools to get your work 
done properly.