Upgrade of iBook Clamshell Model Number M6411 to 10.2.8

I have made a second hand purchase of a iBook. Having upgraded my Clamshell iBook (466 PowerPC 3 128 mB RAM) to 10.2.8 all runs perfectly except the mouse pad and keyboard no longer work.
I am unable to upgrade the firmware as I can't get Classic to run even using the original 9.0.4 shipped software.
Any suggestions or help would be gratefully received.

Pam:
I am not sure if this will work for you, but this may enable you to install the firmware update if it works.
• Boot your iMac as Target in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
• Insert install disk into Target Computer's optical drive.
• Connect computers via firewire cable
• Startup iBook and immediately after chime hold down Option key.
• Select Install Disk for startup and click on the straight arrow.
• Proceed with Installation
If you are able to install OS 9 in this way you can then update to at least 9.1 (see Mac OS 9 Available Updates and the update order) and isntall the firmware update.
Good luck.
cornelius

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