Trying to create a admin account to do a erase and reinstall of Mac OS X

I just purchased a iMac G4 on eBay and I can't reformat the drive without his user password, is there a way to bypass that so I can reinstall Mac OS X. I tried making another account but the prefs are locked.

You can try holding down command-O-F when you boot. Once it's booted, type (without the quotes) "reset-nvram" then hit return
then type "reset-all" then hit return
The Mac should then reboot. Try formatting the HD again.

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