An iMac can be headless. When my bondi blue's CRT died, I used it as
an external drive for a while before attaching an external monitor.
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On Sep 11, 2010, at 12:44 PM, gifutiger <gifuti...@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
Sorry, an iMac can not be headless.
However "Headless" is a term used for a "Tower" or "Desktop" types of
Macs' that do not have a monitor or keyboard attached.
Once setup, i.e. like a server the monitor and keyboard can be
removed. Then it can be administered remotely.
Therefore if there is a power failure, or any reason for the platform
to reboot, it will not boot into a USB drive, it will only boot into
an internal disk, a SCSI (internal or external,) or firewire drive.
Cheers,
Harry
San Jose, Ca.
On Sep 11, 2:12 am, gifutiger <gifuti...@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings
"but remember, PPC Macs can only boot from a FireWire external drive;
USB drives won't work."
This statement "IS NOT TRUE"
Any PPC that is not "HEADLESS" and has a keyboard attached will
startup from any drive as long as it has a valid operating system
installed.
Whether it is attached via USB 1.0, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire 400 ,
Firewire 800 or any internal attached disk.
What you need to know is that disks' that are attached via USB 1.0,
USB 1.1, USB 2.0, can not be selected to startup automatically at
power-on or during restart. However they can be selected during the
start-up process.
To select a USB 1.0, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, disk you need to hold down the
"Option Key" as soon as you hear the start-up "Bong" and continue
holding the "Option Key" until you see your connected disks' start to
appear on the screen.
After all of the attached disks' appear you can then click on the
disk
that you want to use as start-up, then click on the button with the
"Arrow" pointing to the right.
Your platform will then boot into that disk, whether it is attached
via USB 1.0, USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Firewire 400 , Firewire 800 or any
internal attached disk.
Cheers
Harry
San Jose, Ca
On Sep 9, 10:53 pm, "Dennis B. Swaney" <ro...@aol.com> wrote:
On 08/09/10 03:01PDT, Walter Sheluk wrote:
Excuse me for dropping into this discussion.
I have a iMac G3 that has OS 9.2.2 installed by the guy that sold
this
blue bean.
It is my understanding that i can install OS X on top, right ?
However, the said iMac G3's optical drive can only read CD's not
DVD's.
It rudely spits out the DVD with no explanation. How rude is that?
What now ?
And also the iMac G3 hard drive is only 10 GB.
What now ?
Walter,
First, is it tray or slot loading? Second, does it have built-in
FireWire?
If the answers are "slot" and "yes" respectively, try the following:
First take a business size card a wrap a short piece of lint-free
cloth,
preferably microfiber, around one short side of the cloth. Holding
the
cloth and card tightly, gently slide the wrapped end of the card
in on
the left side of the slot as you face it. Gently pull it out and
clean
the dust, debris, etc., off the cloth. Repeat until no more debris
comes
out on the cloth. You may have to try a little to the right of the
left
edge of the slot. Now try a DVD again. If it works, you're in like
Flynn. If not, follow Jack's suggestion on external DVD drive, but
remember, PPC Macs can only boot from a FireWire external drive; USB
drives won't work.
--
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10
is
... oh, never mind."
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