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The Plebism

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Since: Nov 28, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:34 am
Post subject: Broken mac mini after Boot Camp
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I tried to install boot camp from leopard yesterday on my intel mac mini

Partitioned fine, but I forgot to for format the partition before installing
XP so now left with the Disc Error message.

Here is the problem. I cannot get the Mini to boot in any other way -
holding down C, Option or even the Open Firmware mode does nothing

I connect with a Mac usb keyboard.

So basically, I now have a nice white stylish paper weight

Can any help - im desp

Thanks

Simon

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The Plebism

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:41 pm
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"The Plebism" <theplea RemoveThis @hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5r4vk2F12p3pcU1@mid.individual.net...
> I tried to install boot camp from leopard yesterday on my intel mac mini
>
> Partitioned fine, but I forgot to for format the partition before
> installing XP so now left with the Disc Error message.
>
> Here is the problem. I cannot get the Mini to boot in any other way -
> holding down C, Option or even the Open Firmware mode does nothing
>
> I connect with a Mac usb keyboard.

I managed to fix the problem ...

It all down to the Apple Keyboard - the new flat ones - that apparently only
work when logged into Leopard

So - I had to use the Front Row remote - hold Menu on boot - that did the
trick :D

Awesome

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Neill Massello

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:59 pm
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The Plebism <theplea.TakeThisOut@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> It all down to the Apple Keyboard - the new flat ones - that apparently only
> work when logged into Leopard

It's actually an incompatibility between the keyboard and the mini's
firmware, which is what detects startup key presses. See "Booting with
new aluminum keyboard" on Apple Discussions.

<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5703969>
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