Using second screen as main display? (I have no main screen)

Hi,
I have a 15" PowerBook 1.25 which has no screen (my mate dropped it, off it came), its out of warrenty and replacing the screen's gonna cost £800... I have a proview 15" screen which is plugged in to the 2nd screen output. How do I get the powerbook to default to this screen as its still going to the (non-existent) 1st screen? Is there a key command? All im getting is a blue screen! I need to know as I'm trying to upgrade it to 10.4. (currently 10.3)
Many thanks..
Ben Collier

This can be rather tricky without a functioning PowerBook display given you cannot actually tell Mac OS X to ignore the display. It very much assumes you have a functioning primary display.
Now, if you have another PowerBook with which to boot your PowerBook from (via FireWire Target Disk mode) then I think it is possible to get it to default to the external display. If you connect your display to the other PowerBook, connect and start your PowerBook in FW target Disk mode. Then boot the other PowerBook from your hard drive by holding down the Option key and selecting your drive.
Once started, open the Displays System Preference and set the external display as the primary display by dragging the Menu Bar to it in the Arrangement tab.
Shutdown, disconnect your PowerBook and connect the external display back to your PowerBook and see what happens. Hopefully it will default to the external display.

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