Booting your Mac from external device

My friend asked me, “how do i reboot a mac from a DVD”. ☺ With confident (muka sardin), i’ve told him, “just press apple + C” while the machine booting up.

…Nothing happens.

The right key for booting-up your Mac from external devices is to hold down “option” key. To force the system into FireWire Disk mode, hold down the T key at startup. Once in FireWire Disk mode you should see a FireWire Logo screensaver on the screen. At this point you can plug the system into another Mac for testing the hard drive.

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