Nice Poem. When I haven't stayed up all night, I shall read it again, and
be more amused. :)

>p.s. Don't use your old DiskWarrior CD-- it will hose the UNIX links.
>You need the latest version specifically for OS X. You also got the
>wrong company. Micromat does TechTool. You need Alsoft:

I know Micromat makes TechTool and Alsoft does Diskwarrior. I was
considering TechTool Pro as well...

>www.alsoft.com>
>p.p.s I warned you: Get the latest copy of DiskWarrior or live to
>regret it. I expect an OS X native version to be released any day
>now... probably the day after you buy your copy!

I plan to get it. But if the version I buy  at Comp USA isn't the same one
that boots a Mirrored Drive door model (yes, they actually make you pay
another $15 with shipping to get a MDD bootable CD) then I will be SOL SOL
SOL. I plan to call them first and ask. When they open.

 I hosed OS 8.6 for ages, constant crashes. Never a problem like this. I
think this thing is built on Eggshells. Not sure I will be booting OS 9 for
any dev work at least..

Egads.  What stinks is that I almost bought Diskwarrior the other
week...but thought, no, I need that $70 for something else. And I still do.
But pooey. I need to get a week's worth of slide scanning off the machine
before I reformat to happiness and joy. And back to 10.2.3 and a happier
modem. ;)

Thanks for the tips, Ken and Pete. X Key , no help. It boots 9.2 using the
10.2 Jag inclusion, but I can't get the Startup Disk control panel arrow to
tab down without a mouse (I guess the USB driver isn't up to date enough in
9.2).is there a key command that will open a folder arrow?

If so, there might be an OSX folder sitting there that I can choose somehow.

:(

Robert Bob
Robert Bob