Ars Technica

How do I eject a CD on an old iMac before boot-up?

I'm working on this old iMac (350Mhz) which booted up the "Folder ?" deal. So I pop in the Norton CD to boot it up. Norton wants to format the drive. What the? Instead, I get it to check the drive ...
CNET

Tip of the day: Eject CD tray to insert bootable CD

If you hold down the Option key at startup (with NewWorld Macs, such as the iMac and newer models), you get the screen that allows you select the System Folder and partition that you wish to use as ...
Ars Technica

IBM ThinkPad 760xd... boot from CD?

I have in my posession a ThinkPad 760xd, equipped with an 8x CD-ROM, but no floppy drive. The operating system that was on it before was completely hosed, so the drive needs to be re-partitioned and ...
CNET

BootCD creates custom bootable CD with a Finder!; Related bootable CD and copy volume follow-ups

Following up on our recent item (Apple! Are you listening?) requesting a utility to make customized bootable CDs that launch applications the user selects: Use BootCD Ask and ye shall receive! Charles ...