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- From: muller_d@elgc.epfl.ch (Daniel Mueller)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Does mac exec code on disk when mounting it?
- Message-ID: <3350@sicsun.epfl.ch>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 05:59:11 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.070932.22863@metropolis.com>
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- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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- In article <Brt8uA.It7@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Benjamin T Sander,
- bts39313@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
-
- >Incidentally, if you screw up the driver on your internal disk (not
- >that I have ever, say, done this), you are confronted with a machine
- >that crashes 5 seconds after you turn it on no matter what you do.
- >All this from software! I had to pop the case on my machine, unplug
- >the drive cable from the motherboard, reboot the machine, plug the
- >cable back in while the power was up, and then reformat the drive.
- >
- >Ben Sander
- >University of Illinois
- >bts39313@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
-
- On startup, if you hold the keys OPTION+COMMAND+SHIFT+BACKSPACE depressed
- the
- internal SCSI drive, normally ID=0, is not mounted. This solution is
- easier
- than to pop the case on your machine. This tips works on all Mac with ADB
- keyboard.
-
- --
- Daniel Mueller (muller_d@elgc.epfl.ch)
-