Xander ,'Touched'
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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?
do you have the original leopard disks?
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.
It didn't go blank for me.
Jon,
I am not sure, but I think it is possible.
I think you should do the following:
a) reinstall leopard on your mac mini
b) repair permissions
c) try snow leopard again
d) after it starts, walk away for 2 hours
e) come back and see what happened.
OK, I will try to reboot with the Leopard disk inside and see what happens.
Well, so far so good. The MacMini started up with the Leopard disk and it's now installing that OS. It's good to know that it wasn't a hardware problem (e.g. fried HD). Stay tuned...
We should have all installed Snow Leopard at the same time, and had an Install and Post....
Somewhat relatedly, when is Apple gonna release an OS called "House Cat"? "Sphynx"? "Hairless Cat"?
In a few years they will release Cougar, you just won't be able to let it near any of the earlier OS versions.
In a few years they will release Cougar, you just won't be able to let it near any of the earlier OS versions.
::groan::