Key | What it does |
---|---|
C | boot from optical drive drive (CD or DVD) drive |
N | boot from NetBoot image |
T | target disk mode, computer acts as a firewire hard drive and can be connected to another computer, allowing you to run diagnostics |
X | “X-Ray” key (resets startup disk selection) |
Command-S | Single User mode |
Command-V | Verbose Mode |
Shift | safe boot mode |
Option key | boot choice mode (also known as boot into open firmware), displays available boot hard drives and give you a choice of which one to boot from |
Cmd-Option-O-F | open firmware mode, lets you see what the current firmware is |
Cmd-Option-P-R | reset parameter RAM |
Cmd-Option-Shift-Delete | bypass internal hard drive |
Mouse button | eject removable media |
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