IMac G3 won't boot to Mac OS 9 CD
My iMac G3 (slot-loading) has no OS on it right now and I'm trying to install Mac OS 9 from a Mac OS 9 retail CD I have. It's a full install CD, not an upgrade. So I power it on and it shows the question mark because it has no OS on it so I put in the Mac OS 9 CD and within a few seconds it spits the CD right back out and it will not boot to the CD. It has absolutely no scratches on it and I did a "repair disk" on disk utility on my other intel-based mac and it says the CD "appears to be ok" so why isn't it working?
Which model is it specifically? This may help.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html
The problem may be the version of the Mac OS 9 installation CD. If the version of Mac OS 9 is earlier than the OS originally installed on the iMac, it will not work. Mac's generally can boot the OS it shipped with or later, but not earlier. The EveryMac specs page has info about the +shipped with+ OS.
Also, if the disc is for a specific model Mac that is not your iMac, it may not work. The universal retail Mac OS 9 full installation disc is white with a big orange 9. Model-specific discs are often grey.
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I'm quite new here, so I try to do my best if you have a question.
Yesterday, someone nearby me had a iMac G5 (Powermac8,1), and he sayd, that the computer sometimes will boot, sometimes not.
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Greetings
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PS: My main language is Dutch, so my English can be bad at some points.Thank you for your support! This reply is a little bit late, because I was to the camping this weekend.
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Hope I am not interfering with Richard and his comments.
Richard: Is this the orginal keyboard? When did Apple get rid of the poweron key from the keyboard? My iMac 600 didn't have the key and my iMac 233 does.
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Hey,
New member here.
I have an Imac 20" 1.8 Ghz PowerPC G5, running Mac OS X 10.4.9.
My problem is my computer won't boot from from any DVD or Cd, not the original system disc (10.3.5), not from a newer Imac system disc (10.4.7), not from a Disc Warrior 3.03 disc.
What I get from the Disc Warrior disc is a gray screen with white letters backed in black, saying
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Plus other stuff written underneath it, looking like a log of how far it went.
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Can anybody shed some light on this?!?
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RufmanjTo Apple Discussions.
Please check out the following thread which the original posted had the same error you had.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4459207#4459207
You may find some helpful troubleshooting solutions in the above thread.
Make absolutly sure you are using the "DVDs" that originally came with the computer.
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Disk Utility
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How can I get my iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie, etc. files off the backup and is there a way to import them into my existing applications on my MacBook Pro?
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http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html
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