Hi, Put in a Jaguar or Panther CD and start up holding down the "C" key. You can initialize the hard drive directly from the install CD. You can then install the OS.
The limitations of your computer are such that I would not go beyond Panther. If your Tiger install is a DVD it won't work in your laptop. Good luck. Bob Sent from my iPad On Feb 5, 2011, at 8:25 PM, gixxerthou04 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys. > > I purchased an old Blueberry G3 iBook Clamshell laptop for $50 > recently. I have installed a new CD ROM drive. The original one no > longer worked. And I also installed a new Airport card. It currently > has 192 MB of RAM that I will upgrade to 512 MB of RAM as soon as I > can. > > The problem that I have at the moment is that the previous owner did > not erase the hard drive before selling it to me and did not provide > me with any original discs that the computer supposedly came with when > purchased new. I have retail purchased disc for Jaguar, Panther and > Tiger but, the iBook will no allow me to install them due to the fact > that I do not have the previous owner's password. I have contacted the > former owner of the iBook to try and aquire this information but, they > have told me they have no idea what the password may have been because > it was so long ago that they used the computer. > > I'm so close to having a working laptop here but, I desperately want > to create a clean install of the operating system. How do I accomplish > this without the last owner's password since they did not create a > clean install of the OS before selling it to me. Does anyone have any > suggestions? Thanks! > > gixxerthou04 > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
