[Linux] Linux induced problem - OSX HD Boot

[Steven Benmosh]

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This is not a Linux problem per se, but the result of using Ubuntu 8.04 on
my MacBook. I hope you can bail me out before my wife notices what I have
done...

So - I wanted to see if Ubu 8.04 would work on my (first generation, Intel
32) MacBook. I looked for the boot options menu, and indeed, you can switch
to booting off an external drive. I did just that, Ubuntu booted, mostly
worked, except that I did not find an ADSL connection option in my manager,
so I could not exit the confines of the local host. But I digress.

I ejected the disk and rebooted, only to find out that, unlike on my Dell
and all other computers, I don't get a splash screen that lets me change the
boot order back to the HD. So now all I get is a message asking me to insert
a valid boot disk in my CDROM player.

Could someone tell me what key combination would force a HD reboot on OSX (I
can find plenty of codes to NOT do that), or expose the boot manager, or
expose the BIOS so I can switch back to my HD? I don't have the OSX CDs,
since I have not encountered a design flaw in the MacBook so far, and did
not expect it to be so user-error-susceptible.

Thanks,

Z, banned from the Macbook and the 1998 Dell which still works just fine,
thank you very much.

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This is not a Linux problem per se, but the result of using Ubuntu 8.04 on my MacBook. I hope you can bail me out before my wife notices what I have done...<br><br>So - I wanted to see if Ubu 8.04 would work on my (first generation, Intel 32) MacBook. I looked for the boot options menu, and indeed, you can switch to booting off an external drive. I did just that, Ubuntu booted, mostly worked, except that I did not find an ADSL connection option in my manager, so I could not exit the confines of the local host. But I digress.<br>
<br>I ejected the disk and rebooted, only to find out that, unlike on my Dell and all other computers, I don&#39;t get a splash screen that lets me change the boot order back to the HD. So now all I get is a message asking me to insert a valid boot disk in my CDROM player.<br>
<br>Could someone tell me what key combination would force a HD reboot on OSX (I can find plenty of codes to NOT do that), or expose the boot manager, or expose the BIOS so I can switch back to my HD? I don&#39;t have the OSX CDs, since I have not encountered a design flaw in the MacBook so far, and did not expect it to be so user-error-susceptible.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Z, banned from the Macbook and the 1998 Dell which still works just fine, thank you very much.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Check out my web site - <a href="http://www.words2u.net">www.words2u.net</a>

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