Power Mac G4 cannot boot from CD

Hi there,
First, I'm sorry that question has already been asked
I am new to this forum and also new to Mac world! Soo exited!!
I have a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver. My problem is I cannot make it boot from the CD no matter what I do. Press the C key, no luck. Press the Option key, no drives showing. The HDD is Mac formatted but it cannot been detected. Any help will be appreciated.
PS: Same thing is happening on my iMac G3.
My best regards.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Also depending on the age of the QuickSilver, some were less than 867 Mhz, which meant they couldn't take 10.5, and could only take 10.4.6 retail or earlier.
Also if the clock battery hasn't been replaced in more than 4 years, it can affect booting as well.
The iMac G3 Firewire models can only take up to 10.4.6 retail, and not 10.5 or later. Furthermore, some did not come with a DVD drive, and needed an external Firewire DVD drive to load 10.4.0 or later retail. The iMac G3s without Firewire can only take up to 10.3.5 retail.
10.5.6 retail can be updated to 10.5.8 via Apple's support website.
10.4.6 retail can be updated to 10.4.11 via Apple's support website.
10.3.5 retail can be updated to 10.3.9 via Apple's support website.
So the first question, identify your iMac G3, and identify your QuickSilver's age:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58669
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58207
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42739

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