Installing classic on 1.25 GHz

I just picked up a 1.25 GHz eMac yesterday to run classic but it came with no CD's and a fresh install of tiger. I thought that I could use the Mac OS 9 installation CD's that came with my friends Powermac 997 MHz quicksilver, but it isn't letting me boot off of that CD. So I was wondering how to install it with this disk, if possible?

G'day Brannyth,
Unlike previous eMacs, the 1.25GHz could not boot from OS 9. It needs at least OS 10.3. So that's why you can't boot from the System 9 disk.
Looking around... the only way I can find to instal classic is using the original system discs that came with the computer...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2431?viewlocale=en_US
I believe you can "drag and drop" copy the classic OS (System Folder), if you had access to one that's already installed somewhere else, though it may not have the relevant machine-specific files for an eMac...
Sorry, not sure what else to suggest. Either hunt down the eMac system discs (there is 3 of them, I think Classic is part of Disc 2)... or grab a Mac that can boot from OS 9, and them try use firewire to mount the eMac on it and do the instal...
Tex beat me on the draw!
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