I've had issues with picky G3 iMacs in the past, and have gotten them to install from burned CDs by using a USB external CD/DVD drive. It's a little slower than the internal because they are only USB 1.1, but it usually works.
> > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Kostsei Kuolematon > <kostsei.kuolema...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've bought an old iMac G3 (333MHz, 128MB RAM), no firewire, no DVD, no CD >> burning. Since it doesn't support Airport, I've found and bought an old USB >> WiFi adapter, but still it only has drivers for OS X 10.3 while I have 10.1 >> at the moment. I've replaced hard drive for 120GB one and was able to >> reinstall the original OS 8.5, then 9.2.2 and finally OS X 10.1. I've >> checked the firmware update and it's up to date, the hard drive is also >> fine. Actually everything works until it comes to 10.3 install. >> -- [Greg Bennett] -Independent Carpenter, Electrician & Lighting Designer -Purveyor of Classic Apple & Macintosh Gear http://www.hsiprodsvcs.com/ http://www.macshack.us/ -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
