Can't boot from dvd on Macmini.

[Kesa]

OK i give up. Why can't i boot from a dvd? I have tried holding down c then d and then command+option+shift+delete and nothing happens. What am i doing wrong?

The keyboard works fine and i never had any trouble before booting it up from a dvd. I have also tried dvds that previously worked and they are showing on the Ambient desktop as they should be but they won't boot either. So what's going on? Any ideas?

[Kesa]

OK, holding d will only direct the boot call to your hard drive and command+option+shift+delete works for older Macs, so holding c down should force the the CD/DVD to boot with a viable boot disc.  Have you tried holding down the OPTION key during startup? By doing so you will get the Startup Manager which will have all the available volumes including CD/DVD volumes.  Select the DVD volume and boot from there.  Hope that helps.

Mike

Thanks but it didn't work. Pushing c and d have never worked but holding down command+shift+option+delete has worked in the past. I tried the option key but failed to get the startup manager. Maybe it's my keyboard in that the mini is being fussy?

[Kesa]

Tried holding down the left ALT key from cold boot?

Yep. Today i have restarted my macmini probably 100 times trying every keyboard combination i could think of. Nothing seems to work. But thanks anyway

Kesa,

I've had an issue like thison my Mac Mini. I couldn't get it to boot from the ISO disk and thus couldn't install Morphos. There was nothing apparently wrong with the hardware or the ISO disk. I even had a couple of email exchanges with the guy who sold me the Mini on ebay and he said the machine had always worked fine for him.

Nonetheless, I fixed the problem by replacing the drive. I had a spare from another dead Mac Mini.

Thanks but i think i would prefer the less extreme option. I'm sure it's just something simple like my mini doesn't like my wireless logitech keyboard for some reason. The irony is i actually have an apple keyboard but it is bluetooth so it takes a few seconds too long to switch on to be useful when booting. Bloody apples!