[mythtv-users] [OT] CD stuck in Mac Mini

PROTEK tek at protekhawaii.com
Wed Aug 9 01:40:31 UTC 2006


The easiest way to get it out is by holding the left mouse button on 
reboot - You might want to bypass the KVM fot this..

Hold the button before the "bong" sound and keep holding it way past the 
point you think you should ( up to a minute sometimes.. ) it will come out..

If you are just using it for a frontend there is a mythtv frontend to 
watch tv and sceduale that run's fine one OSX natively..

Just install and go - very simple?

I have used it on a mac book pro and had no issues.. There is no game / 
dvd  and some of the other cool stuff for linux, but I always though 
myth was for tv anyway..

And the Mini with OSX can do all that stuff anyway


Rich Wilson wrote:
> This isn't strictly a mythtv question, but it's a mythtv howto
> that got me into trouble, so I thought I'd start here first.
> In following the instructions at
> http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_MythTV_on_an_Intel_Mac_Mini_using_Ubuntu
> I have repartitioned the hard drive of my mac mini, so there is no
> operating system left.
> The instructions glibly tell you to reboot with an Ubuntu CD,
> but don't tell you how to get the Mac OS Install CD out of the drive.
> Anyone know how to do this?
>
> What I've tried:
> Holding down F12 on the keyboard for several seconds
> Rebooting while...
> Holding down the left mouse button
> Holding down the right mouse button
> Holding down an Alt key
> Holding down Windows-Alt-O-F all at the same time
>
> (the keyboard is connected through a KVM, might that be a
> problem? I tried connecting a USB mouse directly)
>
> Help!
>
> Rich
>   




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