Boot to open firmware how?

[btcomm]

Isn't it apple option O and F while booting? I have a windows keyboard hooked up I held down windows alt O and F and it doesn't seem to want to boot to it. Should I hold down the buttons sooner?

 

[Mernak]

when did you hold them down? They should be held down before the startup sound, basically when you press the power button.

 

[BurtonCCC]

Yeah, on a Windows keyboard, it'll be Windows+Alt+O+F and it should be held down as soon as possible after pressing the power button.

Daniel.

 

[btcomm]

Does it matter if I'm using the left or the right windows key?

Which key ejects a cd on a windows keyboard? I remeber it being an f something key.

Geez, it does matter I held the other one and it booted into open firmware.

I typed eject cd and pushed enter. It says eject cd disk-label: read of block0 failed can't open the eject device, what does that mean?

Is there a way to phyically get the cd out of the slot loading drive in an imac g3?

 

[Nermal]

Usually you can reboot while holding the mouse button to force an eject.

 

[btcomm]

I already tried the mouse button and it didn't work.

 

[Lil Red]

I already tried the mouse button and it didn't work.

did you try the paper clip....that's my favorite eject button!