hold down "C"

hold down option and it should let you select your startup disk.

 

I tried that with my external usb CD/R drive and it didn't work

 

usb 1.0?

usb 1 is not fast enough to start up from

 

Re: usb 1.0?

I booted off my USb Zip Drive once...

It's possible to boot from USB 1.1, but your computer will not be at it's best, suffice it to say.

 

Re: Re: usb 1.0?

Running of a ZIP disk is like editing a movie on a USB drive.

 

Re: Re: Re: usb 1.0?

It was in OS 9, so it didn't hurt too bad. Not that I could actually run many apps...

 

Re: Re: usb 1.0?

How did you do that? I think I tried that that once, but when I held down option at startup, it didn't find the disk, since the computer can't automatically recognize Zip drives without first loading drivers from the boot disk...right?

--Fred

 

Re: Re: Re: usb 1.0?

I booted off a CD and selected the ZIP disk in the Startup Disk control panel.

 

To force your computer to boot off a system/drive other then your main one hold the 'apple-option-shift-delete' keys all simultaneously at initial startup.