Re: How to get linux OFF an imac

From: Silas (pro547_at_columbus.rr.com)
Date: 11/06/03

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    in article ju1unb-qre.ln@speaker.rodsbooks.com, Rod Smith at
    rodsmith@nessus.rodsbooks.com wrote on 10/31/03 11:17 AM:

    > In article <9a6d89aa.0310301317.458ccb03@posting.google.com>,
    > myr@csm.berkeley.edu (Myriam) writes:
    >>
    >> I am working in a school and someone managed to get Linux installed on
    >> an imac. While this is pretty cool, it's not very useful for the
    >> people at the school. How can I reinstall the MAC OS?
    >>
    >> I've tried booting to the MAC OS CD by holding the c key down, but it
    >> doesn't seem to work.
    >
    > Precisely what isn't working? Is the Mac OS install CD not booting when
    > you hold down the C key? Is it booting but refusing to install? Something
    > else?
    >
    > On my iMac, which multiboots Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS X, and Linux, holding down
    > the C key works, so I'm not sure what the solution would be if that's not
    > working. (If this is the case, presumably the Mac is booting in some way
    > other than what I'm using, and I don't know how you'd work around it, at
    > least not easily.)
    >
    > If the Mac OS install CD is booting but is refusing to do anything, you
    > could try booting Linux and using its fdisk or pdisk to wipe out all the
    > disk's partitions. (Different distributions call this program different
    > things.) When you reboot, the Mac OS installer should then see a
    > completely blank disk and be able to work. The danger is that if it
    > DOESN'T then work, you'd no longer be able to boot Linux and use the
    > Linux native tools to help.

    I never had a problem with not being able to boot holding the C key down,
    but something else you can do is hold the option key down and you will get
    like a start up program that you will be able to boot from what ever partion
    you want.

    Thx Silas

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