Kmowledge is always more than welcome, thanks for sharing the tidbits. Much
appreciated.
On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 18:06:31 UTC+1, Xion Dracari wrote:
only reason i suggested OF was if he was encountering a known bug that
affected some iMacs (it was an issue w/ certain DVi iMacs that
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On Dec 30, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote:
I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a ton
(literally) of that vintage iMac running OSes 9.2, 10.2, 10.3 10.4 and only
ever needed to press 'c' or use the option feature to get
For 15 bucks why not just buy an original?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Power-Macintosh-Mac-G3-Software-Install-Restore-OS-8-6-/111560937379?pt=US_Operating_Systems_Softwarehash=item19f98ccfa3
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Clark Martin cm...@sonic.net wrote:
I don't know why you would need
If the iMac fails to read the discs:
As an FYI, I beleive the optical drive in the iMac maybe faulty, try other
discs to confirm.
1) Burn at 1x speed or whatever the slowest burn speed you can choose on a
different computer - maybe this can help. Disk Utility will suffice.
---burning slowly
I agree, there should be no reason to go into OF (open firmware) to load
the CD - try alt or hold C on boot, if it fails check keyboard or try other
USB port.
On Wednesday, 31 December 2014 03:44:59 UTC+1, Clark Martin wrote:
I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a
only reason i suggested OF was if he was encountering a known bug that
affected some iMacs (it was an issue w/ certain DVi iMacs that you had to
use OF commands to boot OSX CD's)but its something to look into if a last
resort of a USB External cd drive, if the OP's imac isnt using it's
orginal
I recently purchased an iMac G3 (http://lowendmac.com/1999/imac-rev-d/) in
really good shape. It came with the original installation/recovery discs
but they are in Dutch, and are for Mac OS 8.5.1. The discs still works
fine, but I'd like to install an English version of 8.6 instead. I have an
On Dec 30, 2014, at 6:26 AM, Steven Van Impe steven.vani...@icloud.com
wrote:
I recently purchased an iMac G3 (http://lowendmac.com/1999/imac-rev-d/) in
really good shape. It came with the original installation/recovery discs but
they are in Dutch, and are for Mac OS 8.5.1. The discs
i had a G3 400mhz DVi iMac and i always had to do the OpenFirmware Boot
trick to make anything above OS9 boot, the OF trick i belive went like
boot cd:,\\:tbxi its been too long since i had it ( i traded up for a
Snowwhite 600mhz G3.)
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Bruce Johnson
I don't know why you would need any sort of trick, I maintained a ton
(literally) of that vintage iMac running OSes 9.2, 10.2, 10.3 10.4 and only
ever needed to press 'c' or use the option feature to get them to boot a CD.
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