Jill, here are a couple of links you may find useful if you have another way to access them. http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/single-user.html http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417 Dan Dan, That is the problem...I tried your suggestion before sending my first post and the machine WILL NOT BOOT into Open Firmware. It just sits there with a blank screen, no noises from inside, nothing. Same with trying to to boot into Single User Mode. Any ideas? Jill Lee-Jones _______________________________________________ G4 mailing list G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4