Hi Christian,
1. What variety of iMac? G4, G5, newer, older?
2. You can try the following once the DVD is up in the old system:
a. Once the Install DVD is up, Close it's window.
b. Double-click on the icon for the DVD which should be on the right
hand side of your Desktop.
c. Press cmd+2 to put the Install DVD into List mode.
d. Double-click on the item named Install MacOS X. It may not be
named exactly that but close enough.
e. The iMac should then ask you to Restart and will automatically
start from the Install DVD.
3. Conversely, you could go under the Apple menu, choose system
Preferences, select the StartUp disk preference and choose the
Install DVD as your StartUp disk. This should do the same as item #2.
If none of this works, there could be issues with your Install DVD.
Let me know how you do.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
