Yep. Been there done that. Powering the computer on was the issue though...I thought I'd take a stab just in case the power button was perhaps seperate from the rest of the keys. I don't have access to another mac or I would play around with some target reboots.. I do however have access to...
Not exactly my brightest move - I'm filing it under "experimental development"...as mentioned in my plea - startup shortcuts are nonoperable. Same goes for the install disk and external backup. I have literally gone through every applicable shortcut to no avail...which is why I'm wondering if...
I'm hoping someone much smarter than I can advise. Yesterday I attempted to install a MAC OS X SNOW LEOPARD SERVER build via partitioned external hd - which I had no business trying. I think I might have damaged the mach kernel or startuo volume - all I'm getting on start up is the file w/...