I was wondering if that was what I'd have to do, Tep. It just did it again. I managed to capture an image of what it does.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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Barb - Sep 17, 2009 10:40:31 am PDT #11186 of 25501
“Not dead yet!”
Jessica - Sep 18, 2009 6:14:25 am PDT #11187 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm shopping for a new DVD duplicator for my office. Anyone have an opinion about Aleratec vs Microboards?
Jon B. - Sep 19, 2009 8:19:09 am PDT #11188 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
So, I'm trying to load Snow Leopard onto my MacMini. It already has Leopard. I popped in the DVD, clicked the install icon, sat around for a few minutes, and then walked away when the screen message said there was 45 minutes to go. I come back an hour or so later and the screen is blank, as though it's turned off. Wiggling the mouse and hitting the space bar didn't help (though I should mention they're both bluetooth wireless).
After 10-15 minutes of staring at a blank screen I decided to un-plug and re-plug in the Mac to see what would happen. I hit the start button in the back, the screen turned on, the rotating circular graphic thingie did its rotating for a little while... and then the screen went blank again. And that's where it's been ever since.
Any suggestions? Should I try to reboot without the DVD inside? If so, how do I get the DVD out? I don't see anything I can stick a paperclip into.
le nubian - Sep 19, 2009 8:33:09 am PDT #11189 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
can you reboot from an external drive then eject the CD?
BTW, Snow Leopard took more than an hour to install for me. The longest was my primary laptop that has the most software and most used space.
Steph L. - Sep 19, 2009 8:34:50 am PDT #11190 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jon, does your keyboard have a key with the "eject" symbol on it? If so, try holding that key down when you restart.
omnis_audis - Sep 19, 2009 8:41:12 am PDT #11191 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
When you press the start button, hold down the mouse button (left click if you have multi-button mouse). That ejects the disc on boot.
Jon B. - Sep 19, 2009 8:54:12 am PDT #11192 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks, some combination of those mouse and keyboard tricks did in fact eject the DVD. But check this out: I guess it couldn't find a valid MAC OS, because it automatically started booting in Windows! (I've got Parallels installed).
I guess I'll try to boot from the DVD again? If that doesn't work, then what?
le nubian - Sep 19, 2009 9:05:11 am PDT #11193 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
do you have the original leopard disks?
Jon B. - Sep 19, 2009 9:07:52 am PDT #11194 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yes, I have those. But let me ask you this: When you installed Snow Leopard, was there a long period when the screen was blank (as though it was off)? Because that's what's happening, even though I hear some hard drive or DVD (not sure which) whirring periodically.
Barb - Sep 19, 2009 9:12:11 am PDT #11195 of 25501
“Not dead yet!”
It didn't go blank for me.