Can't install panther 10.3 on iMac G3

first of all, sorry for my bad english, and lack of capitals : i am using an old version of internet explorer version 5 i guess, which does not recognise the french characters, accents, capitals and the rest...
now my main problem : i am trying to install panther ( mac os10.3 ) on my imac 406 g3, running on mac os 9.2.2 with upgraded firmware.
when trying to run the first installation disk, the system replies :
an error occured
startup disk was unable to select the install cd as the startup disk. ( -2)
i am also unable to start from the disk by pressing the c key, and also unable to select the disk in the through the " demarrage " in " tableau de bord " menu

From what I gather in your reply, I believe you're saying it is a 4 GB hard drive. Yes, OS X will run on your iMac, but you need a larger hard drive just to do that. OS X takes up gigabytes of space, requires even more gigabytes just to be able to run properly, and OS X applications take up much more disk space than anything before them.
Your iMac also shipped with 128 MB of RAM, but you'll need at least 512 MB to make it run with any sort of speed. If you can, get two 512 MB RAM modules for your system and have your Apple Authorized Service Provider install one (or both) of them for you. The module it came with is soldered in place, so you can't access it easily to replace it. You can put up to 1 GB of RAM in your machine (two 512 MB PC66 144 pin SO-DIMM modules).
At the same time, get yourself a good 60 to 80 GB hard drive (Seagate, IBM, Maxtor are all good brands, and make sure it has at least a 3 year warranty) and have your service provider install that for you at the same time as the RAM.
Mulder

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