On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Jason Bright wrote: > I bought a 500mhz G3 iBook from eBay last week and I've been wanting to > upgrade from Jaguar (was on the iBook when I got it) to Tiger. I got the > install discs, but everything I've tried fails to get the darn thing to boot > from the CD. I've tried resetting the pram and nvram, tried holding down the > 'c' button, tried holding down the option and mouse keys at the same time and > I just can't get it to work. The cdrom drive does appear to work properly, as > I can read files off the discs just fine, but it's the non-boot-from-cd > problem that has me frustrated! There's got to me some way to get this to > work! Help!!! > Boot the machine with caps off hold down " shift option command delete" keys, get these keys down before the chime.
John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA
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