levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (12/28/88)
Does anyone remember the magic incantation to boot up an SE with an
internal HD from a floppy -- and not mount the internal disk?
[I seem to recall something about holding several keys at once with
two hands and your nose while sliding a floppy in the slot with your
knee...:-)]
Thanks / JBL
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INTERNET: levin@bbn.comlevin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin) (12/28/88)
In article <33879@bbn.COM> I asked: |Does anyone remember the magic incantation to boot up an SE with an |internal HD from a floppy -- and not mount the internal disk? Three correspondents provided both this incantation and an alternate method which suits my purposes well enough. Magic procedure: hold COMMAND, OPTION, SHIFT, DELETE simultaneously while beginning boot up. I found this easiest by getting the "save to turn off your mac" dialog, positioning the mouse, inserting the floppy, holding the keys, and hitting the mouse with my elbow. Alternate: after booting off the floppy in the normal fashion, drop the hard disk icon(s) in the trash. They will be inaccessible (by normal means) until you next reboot (I think that there are DAs or cdevs that can remount them, actually). This is OK as long as you don't think there is some INIT on the floppy that might do something bad to your hard disk. /JBL -- UUCP: {backbone}!bbn!levin POTS: (617) 873-3463 INTERNET: levin@bbn.com