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Press/hold the Option key while powering on, and wait for the boot options to appear.

Doing this with a wired USB mouse works. I can insert the OSX install disc and hit refresh, and it gives me the option to boot from the hardware test.

Hardware test, both quick and extended, pass. Including Mass Storage test, which I was sure would fail. Passes with flying colors. Everything seems to work, except... the system JUST WILL NOT BOOT.

Symptoms: Sits at spinny thingy for long time. Then goes to blue screen with a mouse pointer. Mouse pointer moves around if I've got the USB mouse plugged in. Not the wireless mouse. Sits at blue screen forever.

Any other secret key handshakes I can do? What's the secret handshake for safe mode booting?
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Tony Fabris