Summary of Boot Options and Control Keys
You can press the following keys when the keyboard POST indicator appears.
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F1 | (display keyboard) | Normal mode boot, graphical System Management Services starts. |
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1 | (ASCII keyboard) | Normal mode boot, |
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F5 | (display keyboard) | Service mode boot, default boot list. |
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5 (ASCII keyboard) | Service mode boot, default boot list. | |
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F6 | (display keyboard) | Service mode boot, custom boot list. |
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6 (ASCII keyboard) | Service mode boot, custom boot list. | |
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F8 | (display keyboard) | Normal mode boot, Open Firmware command line. |
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8 (ASCII keyboard) | Normal mode boot, Open Firmware command line. | |
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