Booting off a CD

[trey5498]

I had a problem where I could not get past the firmware password to boot off the DVD, however I got passed that by switching the ram around and now I can. Now I have a new problem. I press option and I get to the choose your boot from screen and I choose the Mac Leopard DVD and it just locks up trying to load. How do I get this fixed??

 

[ftaok]

I had a problem where I could not get past the firmware password to boot off the DVD, however I got passed that by switching the ram around and now I can. Now I have a new problem. I press option and I get to the choose your boot from screen and I choose the Mac Leopard DVD and it just locks up trying to load. How do I get this fixed??

Are you trying to boot off of the DVD?

Try booting with the 'C' key held down. That'll make the Mac boot off of the optical drive.

 

[trey5498]

Are you trying to boot off of the DVD?

Try booting with the 'C' key held down. That'll make the Mac boot off of the optical drive.

I have done this as well. It still locks up as it is loading up.

 

[logana]

I have done this as well. It still locks up as it is loading up.

Must be something wrong with -

your install disc or
optical drive

how old is the machine and what is the history of the install disc ?

 

[trey5498]

It is a year old intel mac mini and the Disk itself has a few scratching on it, but it still get recognized at start up, just has troubling booting from it.

 

[Consultant]

Bring it to apple store.

 

[logana]

It is a year old intel mac mini and the Disk itself has a few scratching on it, but it still get recognized at start up, just has troubling booting from it.

Possibly that is the problem - the scratches. The drive can read the disc header info and so recognizes it as a boot disk but cannot read the info with the scratches on.....

I take it you don't have any other install (or retail) install discs ?

Maybe try cleaning the disc ?