[Linux] Re: Linux induced problem - OSX HD Boot

[Steven Benmosh]

Never mind, it is the Option key.

On 6/3/08, Steven Benmosh <wordz2u@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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