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key binding: cmd key is the apple key option = alt ctrl = control (^) cmd+tab = similar to windoze alt+tab boot, option key = boot current os boot, c = boot from cd apple + control + power = reboot --- Enable unix mode boot: While booting, enter cmd+opt+O-F then, setenv boot-args=-v shut-down This will cause machine to boot like sun machines. switching between XDarwin X session and Aqua: ctrl+opt+A --- NIS info from http://www.bresink.de/osx/nis.html OS X can act as NIS server. yp files are in /var/yp init rc file (?) at /System/Library/StartupItems/DirectoryServices/DirectoryServices OS X NIS client. Some minimal info in lookupd. --- If the critter won't start up with the C key held down, try the following (with the CD in the drive) Hold the Option key on startup, and choose the CD icon and then click the right-pointing arrow, or hold control-option-shift-delete on startup. The former is an Open Firmware method, and the latter is a shortcut to tell the MacOS Rom to boot form the next available system volume. If both of these methods fail, restart and hold down option-apple-p-r for four startup chimes, then try the above methods again. (this resets pram)