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Hi all, I hope someone can help me with this...
I just bought a used iBook G4 and received the complete package of Restore Disks. OS X 10.3 installed perfectly, but when I tried to restore the rest of the software, I got a "Wrong Disk" dialog box saying the discs I have won't work with my iBook. I'm sure they're the ones that came with the iBook originally (the guy I bought it from didn't own any other Macs, and they're clearly marked "iBook G4"), so I can't think what else would be wrong. I did rename the hard drive after installing Panther, but I can't see how that would have caused the problem.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
To be more specific, the Software Restore utility installed perfectly, but when it started up and checked the disc, it spit the disc out claiming I had the wrong discs (it was the disc marked with a circled "1", so I didn't just have the wrong disc number in there since 1 was what it was asking for).
UPDATE: I just noticed that the OS X discs were version 10.3.3, so it's possible that the guy replaced the original OS X install discs with the 10.3.3 discs. Maybe Software Restore can't work when the OS is a newer version than what the utility was expecting. I'll look further into this, but it may be nothing. For all I know the machine shipped with 10.3.3 originally.

Well I can't see how he did that because this is the only Mac he owns. I even installed OS X 3.0 and it still didn't work, although I see that it's the Restore Disks and not the OS. My only other guess is that he bought the machine used with the software already installed and just never found out that he had the wrong restore disks. I don't think that's the case, because I think this iBook was purchased through a university so it would have been brand new.
I'm not terribly concerned because I doubt I'll ever need Classic or any of the original software (Quicken, games, etc.), but at the very least I wish I could find out what exactly is on those discs (there are 9 of them). It would be great if there were a way to trick Software Restore into accepting the discs, so if anyone knows please tell me. Failing that, does anyone know if Apple can provide me with the correct discs if I send these back?
The only odd thing that happened during the OS X install is when the dialog box popped up saying "OS X needs to run a program to see if it can be installed" I clicked Continue and it didn't seem that any program started, it just continued with the installation. I was thinking that maybe that program left an identifier that Software Update used to check whether it could run or not, and if that didn't happen, the utility would think it was not the right machine. My other theory was that the firmware had been upgraded at some point and now Software Update saw the machine as the wrong one for the discs, but I guess that would be silly since no matter how many upgrades you do you should still be able to restore your software.
I'm sure what you say is probably true, but it just seems nearly impossible that the guy gave me the wrong discs. I can see that if it's someone with a bunch of different Macs around like an Apple dealer or something, but other than a b&w G3, this was the only Mac the guy ever owned, and I know he wouldn't lie about that.
This is so weird, but like I said it's really no big deal. Just looking forward to getting this settled so I can start putting other apps on it and doing some real work with it. Unless someone else has a different take, I guess my question has been answered.
As a last-ditch effort though, I should mention that the machine has a 1GB RAM upgrade and an Airport Extreme card. Would either of those have to be removed before running Software Restore? Hey, it's not that I don't believe Doug, it's just that the answer I'm gonna get is "Well, those are the discs that came with it", so even if Doug's right (and I suspect he is), that's a dead end. If there is any way to at least see what these discs contain (like, say, a complete listing of bundled software for the iBook G4 that these were intended for) that would be helpful since I'd know what I'm missing and I'd be sure there wasn't anything I really needed. I even downloaded Pacifist, but of course since you can't even see the packages on these discs, it wouldn't work.
Thanks Doug for the reply, and to anyone else who might be able to offer a workaround or other advice. At the very least, a list of what is on the RIGHT Software Restore discs and/or what's on these would definitely help me get on with my life, so to speak.

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