Subject: Re: PB3400c & OFW secret sauce
To: Duncan Missimer <DMissime@brocade.com>
From: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
List: port-macppc
Date: 03/05/2003 16:49:52
At 12:49 PM -0800 2/19/03, Duncan Missimer wrote:
>What's the trick to getting to Open Firmware in a PowerBook
>3400c? I've tried holding down option-apple-O-F before hitting
>the power button, or jabbing them immediately after the chime
>sounds, but it goes to MacOS each time.
Early PowerBook's don't seem to handle the magic salute properly. I
know my PDQ was not dependable in that respect. Try getting a copy
of systemdisk from Apple. (There's a cross reference in the FAQ.)
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