Great info Bruce, Do you if I can then use my macbook discs to install the operating system on the machine through a external DVD-rom after i swap the hd and ram?
On Aug 29, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:59 PM, bill brock wrote: > >> >> I found a old "bondi blue" machine. >> It worked much to my surprise but I would like to restore it to >> factory or upgrade the operating system to 10. It currently has the >> tray loader for the disk if that helps. >> If anyone knows how to do this let me know. >> Its running the 9.2.2 version. By the way, I dont know the operating >> system to well. > > You will almost certainly have to upgrade both the disk and the > memory; they originally came with just 32 megs and a 2 or 3 gig disk. > > OS X up 10 version 10.3 is officially supported on them, and they can > be updated to 10.4 though the use of XPostFacto. > > If it's a very early iMac it DOES suffer from the 8Gig limit, in that > OS X must be installed on a drive or first partion of a drive that is > smaller than 8 GB. > > <http://lowendmac.com/imacs/rev-a-imac-g3-233-mhz.html> > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > Bill Brock [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
