> Hello, > > I have just suscribed today and hope to find some help for my newly acquired > Powerbook G3, I think it's called a "Lombard" as it has a bronze keyboard > and 400Mhz. > > I won it off ebay...and it came with OSX but no disks. I really don't want > OSX as all my programs work just fine for me in 8.6. > > I want to erase the pb and clean install the 8.6. except I can't get the pb > to boot off the cd. > > any help from any mac/god out there? > > or some shop I might drive to for help. > > Kristina > in NW IN (chicagoland) > and a mac user since my SE 30 in 89... > Try restarting your PB from the OS9 system that�s installed on your machine. (System Preferences/startup Drive.) Once restarted select the 8.6 CD as your nest startup drive. I don't think X will allow you to select a drive with less than 9.
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