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Re: Help an idiot

On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 16:51, Justin Davies wrote:
> Ben,  If what Ethan says is true, will I still be able to use the
> backup OF ?
> 
> And forgive my ignorance, but I assume the BootPROM is different from
> the OF ?  

No, same thing

> I know how the PC arch works, but the Apple hardware is still pretty
> new to me, and I am unsure of how the BootPROM and the OF relate.  Is
> it a case of the BootPROM loads the OF and then OF hands off to the
> hard rive or other media for booting the OS ?
> 
> I would assume that if the BootPROM is screwed, then there is no way
> to fix it apart from a reflash.  
> 
> One other thing, where can I find out the key sequence to use the
> backup OF ?  Is there a site ?  I was unable to find anything through
> google.

What happen if you

 - shut it down
 - press command - power to power it up and _keep_ those pressed

do you hear a "tone" (kind of long beeep) after a few seconds ?

Ben.