Mac OS 10.3 install cd.

hey,I cannot boot my install cd1 - even if I insert it as im logged in,then it asks me to restart the computer - but when restarted,I get the gray apple and the spinning wheel and freezes.
thanks a lot !
regards,tom

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are these the disks that shipped with your computer when you bought it from Apple? Gray disks are hardware specific install disks. You cannot use them on any other model but the one they originally shipped with.
If these are the original disks insert disk one into the drive and restart while holding down the c-key. If this doees not work, restart while holding down the option-key. This will bring you into the staartup manmaageer wheree you can select the CD as startup volume.

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